• Whirlybird
    11·
    11 months ago

    There aren’t necessarily ongoing maintenance costs.

    • Stumblinbear@pawb.social
      11·
      11 months ago

      No program ever created has never needed any bug fixing or improvement. That’s the nature of software engineering.

      • Whirlybird
        11·
        11 months ago

        Sync for Reddit wasn’t just created yesterday. There comes a point where almost all software is stable and will run be fine without updates indefinitely. Established Reddit clients were at that point years ago.

          • Whirlybird
            11·
            11 months ago

            Just because it has doesn’t mean it needed to be.

            If I earned enough money from a product to be able to only work on it, I’d update it too - but that doesn’t mean it needs updates or maintenance.

            • Stumblinbear@pawb.social
              11·
              11 months ago

              And that’s exactly how businesses become complacent and get overtaken by new players in the market

                • Stumblinbear@pawb.social
                  11·
                  11 months ago

                  It doesn’t make a difference what part of the market a business lies in, it’s still a competitive market