Comment by Illniyar

7 hours ago

There is probably a huge chunk of people who only need a slither of the features of a SaaS but are paying for everything they don't need.

If your particular use of a SaaS is not susceptible to security issues (for example you can use it on your local laptop) then a slither of features that are insecure is exactly the thing for you.

Not everyone is going to replace SaaS with half-baked personal implementations, especially the big companies that most SaaS are aimed at, but it will gnaw out some of the long tail of SaaS subscription revenue for sure.

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rhubarbtree  1 hour ago

Reminds me of the days I used to spend building my own Linux kernels or configuring X rather than paying the "Apple Tax", thus costing myself hundreds of hours of productive work time.

  • forty  1 hour ago

    Well done choosing to invest in your knowledge and neurones rather than in investors wallet :)