It could work for some but the way they are pitching it and sounding like holy messiahs is not my cup of tea. You need recurring revenue to keep businesses running. Sure, if it’s a type of thing you don’t need to provide support for, go ahead and price it once. But support doesn’t pay for itself.
I love the ethos of https://once.com I hope the products are viable.
It honestly feels very Nostr-like in its reasoning.
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The idea is you pay for hosting but only the cost of hosting. I’d imagine you pay for upgrades too but only if you want it.
But the proof will be in the pudding, gotta see if they can sustain themselves on this model
I'm fine with them doing whatever they want for their products, but that duo is always acting like they invented water. "saas bad! once!"
like... f off.. ya know. If you want to charge once, go for it, but stop acting like you've discovered fire.
😂 true true. I guess they call that marketing