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points by bjacobel 3 days ago | 0 comments
Selling subscription productivity tools is a business that has existed for decades if not centuries. Just because their product is new does not mean their business is.
[–] stusmall 3 days ago
Oh come on. That's like saying "This isn't novel. People have exchanged money for goods and services for thousands of years"
[–] postexitus 3 days ago
If that was the business, yes. The first rule of understanding the business is understanding the business model. Not the product. If the business model is a subscription, then you look at the moat. If the moat is not there - you are not that much different from Microsoft Office (which arguably has a larger moat).