Comment on Ask HN: Are subscriptions the doom of the tech sector?Comments−anon2233453yFor my business, if it’s a subscription, we actually invest money in building out the capability in house because subscriptions increase over timeLike GitHub for example, I love it, it provides value, but it costs a ton if you have a lot of devs, and you can spin your own git server−JohnFen3yBut GitHub is a service, not software. Subsciptions to ongoing services make sense.−jnwatson3yIf you think the value of GitHub is in the git server, you’re not using it right.
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For my business, if it’s a subscription, we actually invest money in building out the capability in house because subscriptions increase over time
Like GitHub for example, I love it, it provides value, but it costs a ton if you have a lot of devs, and you can spin your own git server
But GitHub is a service, not software. Subsciptions to ongoing services make sense.
If you think the value of GitHub is in the git server, you’re not using it right.