- What's required to justify this cost?
- How many features and updates does the app require?
- What could the ongoing server costs be?
- How many people maintain the software?
I've built some IoT projects and handling events from the hardware was remarkably inexpensive. Piping tiny telemetric packets, even at a high frequency, was no big deal. It wouldn't justify charging customers $20/month. Maybe $2.50?
Plus, these things are only piping out data when they're in use, right? So... Only 1/3 of the day, if that.
Then the feature set, who knows. Is it just a readout with some fixed controls for the firmware in the eight sleep?
How is that justifying $20? Every single month?
I know software (especially when hardware is involved) can be more complicated and demanding than it appears on the surface, so these are genuine questions. I'm very open to having bad assumptions here. It just doesn't map to my experiences properly. Especially since the customers pay a premium for the hardware upfront.
I guess if customers are willing to pay, it's fair game.
Plus, these things are only piping out data when they're in use, right? So... Only 1/3 of the day, if that.
Then the feature set, who knows. Is it just a readout with some fixed controls for the firmware in the eight sleep?
How is that justifying $20? Every single month?
I know software (especially when hardware is involved) can be more complicated and demanding than it appears on the surface, so these are genuine questions. I'm very open to having bad assumptions here. It just doesn't map to my experiences properly. Especially since the customers pay a premium for the hardware upfront.
I guess if customers are willing to pay, it's fair game.