alt Hacker NewsI remember the piracy era, and it used to be a joke whether anyone could actually stop it.
Eventually MS dealt with piracy by going after firms, and finally by offering something cheap enough.
Between the legal aspects, and the fact that its MS office, paying Rs 1800 a month is possible.
I’ve been trawling every source I can find to understand what the story on the ground is, and when it comes to productivity it’s a huge mixed bag. The variance in outcomes between independent coders, frontier labs, someone in SV and someone in India is mind-bending right now.
Most firms which talk about their AI plans are not seeing traction, and the AI projects are going to the same place that the ML projects used to go to die.
It’s at the individual level that I am seeing productivity gains, however that isn’t something firms are happy to hear right now.
>Eventually MS dealt with piracy by going after firms, and finally by offering something cheap enough.
Sure, because they realized that selling software at any cost because software has extremely low overhead. Selling 100M Windows at 2 USD was easier and my guess is a wash at that price.
However, AI is not selling software, it's selling hardware usage which is not free and has real cost. If Rs 1800 which is 20 USD is not profitable, then they will not offer it.