As reported by The Reg, HP chief financial officer Marie Myers was talking to investors at the UBS Global Technology conference about the tech giant's subscription model.
I wonder about these companies that try to lock users into their ecosystem. I’m sure they do the business math, but there must be quite a few of us who won’t by HP because of this. I won’t buy Adobe software any more because of their subscription-only model. I won’t buy Roland software synths for the same reason. And I won’t try an Apple computer or phone because it would not work well with my other devices so for the best experience I’d have to buy a whole bunch of Apple stuff. All these companies are pleased to be locking in their customers, but they’re also locking out other potential customers.
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I wonder about these companies that try to lock users into their ecosystem. I’m sure they do the business math, but there must be quite a few of us who won’t by HP because of this. I won’t buy Adobe software any more because of their subscription-only model. I won’t buy Roland software synths for the same reason. And I won’t try an Apple computer or phone because it would not work well with my other devices so for the best experience I’d have to buy a whole bunch of Apple stuff. All these companies are pleased to be locking in their customers, but they’re also locking out other potential customers.
The issue is that we are a small minority