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haute_cuisine • today at 9:14 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

I honestly don't have anything against them moving apple sync behind the paywall. It's really hard to justify doing any kind of ongoing maintenance and rnd from one-time sales. If they ship good durable things, there might not be enough people willing to buy that stuff, they're also forced to constantly find new customers.


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mikestew • today at 9:25 PM

It's really hard to justify doing any kind of ongoing maintenance and rnd from one-time sales.

What kind of water-carrying excuse is that? Multibillion dollar companies have been created doing exactly that for decades. Withings has somehow managed to stay in business for nearly 20 years...doing exactly that.

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wat10000 • today at 9:25 PM

What ongoing maintenance is required beyond what would be needed to keep their app working for future sales anyway?

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ebtebt • today at 9:16 PM

What?! How about providing value so that it is actually worth purchasing a subscription?

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