alt Hacker NewsHe's not arguing about their right to license it how they please. He's arguing that someone ought to choose to do it another way.
You made up a position to argue against.
He's not arguing about their right to license it how they please. He's arguing that someone ought to choose to do it another way.
You made up a position to argue against.
No, you’re arguing against the first part of my comment without reading the whole thing where I addressed the value proposition.
A 100K free device license is a generous gift to small companies. Past 100K, it’s more than fair to ask that companies contribute. That’s a significant operation at that point and the model has obviously provided value.
If the model doesn’t provide any value to a >100K device company then they should train their own or not use it.
I could see how people unfamiliar with per-device or per-unit licensing fees would be confused, but this is a common business model. Scaling payments with the customer’s business success is one of the more fair ways to align vendor and customer while also providing a nice way to give freely to smaller businesses like this.
It’s a good thing. It’s silly that a company giving away a license for 100K devices, which covers small and medium hardware operations, is being criticized for this of all things.