• Whirlybird
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    1 year ago

    There aren’t necessarily ongoing maintenance costs.

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      1 year ago

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

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        1 year 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.

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            1 year 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.

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              1 year ago

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

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                  1 year ago

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