alt Hacker NewsI can see the value in this, but I don't get why it needs to be a SaaS. Don't get me wrong; a revenue stream for something this obviously useful is great! But why not just make it dual licensing; non-commercial projects get it under AGPL or some custom license that prevents them from using it commercially. Everyone else gets a bog-standard yearly license or such... Why not?
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downrightmike • 01/22/2025
We're long past the point where most people have a computer in their pocket and not one on their desk
I completely agree with this.
It would be nice to try it with SAAS and then buy a local license.
It is similar to the Tydbit device [0] where you can program the device but it runs on their cloud. That is fine unless Tydbit goes out of business. That fear of loss stopped me from doing too much programming with it.
I think the same may be true here.
[0] https://tidbyt.com