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The reason a software-as-a-service business can charge a subscription is that it holds a gun to the customer's head over their own data.

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  1. Martin Kleppmann

    Computer science researcher at the University of Cambridge…

    software as a service businesses, for example the whole reason why they can charge a subscription is because they are able to essentially hold a gun to the customer's head and say, "Pay us at your subscription, otherwise we will delete all your data."

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