VC money made it just a matter of time. And TBH businesses needing to make money is understandable.
What I'm less generous about ...
- The spin. They're somewhat honest later on about the reasons (cost, though they don't really mention revenue streams). However they spend a fair amount of time explaining how it's exciting news and benefits their apparently easily-confused customer base. Heroic. Thanks.
- A September 15th cut-off (assuming you are running a client that is networked and knows to die) so only 2 months to either start paying or find, pay, and migrate away to an alternative.
Of course if this lets them streamline the product so it doesn't vampirically drain a laptop's resources just to send some API calls, then maybe there's a positive.
What I'm less generous about ...
- The spin. They're somewhat honest later on about the reasons (cost, though they don't really mention revenue streams). However they spend a fair amount of time explaining how it's exciting news and benefits their apparently easily-confused customer base. Heroic. Thanks.
- A September 15th cut-off (assuming you are running a client that is networked and knows to die) so only 2 months to either start paying or find, pay, and migrate away to an alternative.
Of course if this lets them streamline the product so it doesn't vampirically drain a laptop's resources just to send some API calls, then maybe there's a positive.