superkret@feddit.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agoWhat app is so useless, you can't believe it costs money?message-squaremessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1182arrow-down15
arrow-up1177arrow-down1message-squareWhat app is so useless, you can't believe it costs money?superkret@feddit.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squareMajorHavoc@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up29·edit-24 days agoOof. Yes! The proprietary cloud crap usually has worse or non-existent documentation, fewer features, and a terrible or non-existent API. But it comes with a salesperson. So there’s that. But people with cloud server orchestration skills are terrifyingly expensive right now, so self-hosting a better product can be a very hard sell.
minus-squarewookiepedia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoThe Salesperson is incredibly important. They take the person responsible for making the purchase decision out to lunch and for rounds of golf, after all!
Oof. Yes!
The proprietary cloud crap usually has worse or non-existent documentation, fewer features, and a terrible or non-existent API.
But it comes with a salesperson. So there’s that.
But people with cloud server orchestration skills are terrifyingly expensive right now, so self-hosting a better product can be a very hard sell.
The Salesperson is incredibly important. They take the person responsible for making the purchase decision out to lunch and for rounds of golf, after all!