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adammarples01/16/20252 repliesview on HN

Isn't that exactly how a lot of things are priced? Ie. Snowflake. Pay for compute, pay for storage, etc.


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malfist01/16/2025

Some things are sure. But not most. You wouldn't expect to go to McDonald's and they tell you (or even know) how much the fertilizer to grow the corn that feed the pigs that made the bacon contributed to the price you pay for a burger

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freedomben01/16/2025

Yes especially enterprise software marketed toward platforms/infrastructure usually are priced this way. SaaS products aimed at consumers or high-level business (like HR, Accounting, etc) often don't, so depending on what people's experience is mostly they may think differently