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lokar • yesterday at 8:49 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

I think subscriptions are fair if you want updates, which for anything security related you do. The alternative (from decades ago) is to re-buy it every few years.

Someone has to pay for ongoing maintenance.


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nightski • yesterday at 10:12 PM

This isn't about cost. If these projects, like bitwarden, were run at cost the price would be negligible. Instead you see software companies with like 80% margins (or even higher). Not to mention that if the price was reduced to near cost then you'd get more users which would even further decrease the cost.