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MonkeyClub
18 days ago
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Ask HN: Is offering a one-time payment stupid?
Patio11 has an interesting piece on why desktop / offline versions aren't viable any longer:
https://www.kalzumeus.com/2009/09/05/desktop-aps-versus-web-...
bigscrankus
18 days ago
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I think SaaS definitely won, but I would love to hear this story updated for 2025. Desktop and web apps have a lot more in common than they did 16 years ago.
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