Not Invented Here #19 – Full saturation

This episode on YouTube (https://youtu.be/iWRD5-s8YQI) Application’s lifecycle in a marketplace explains why at times developers add features nobody really needs and why many of them try to turn their applications into services. * Security Experts Wary as 1Password Subscriptions Push Users to Cloud-Based Vaults (https://www.macrumors.com/2017/07/12/security-experts-wary-1password-pushes-cloud-vaults/) * What’s new in Transmit 5? (https://library.panic.com/transmit5/features/) Lifecycle model: * Rapid growth on growing market * Revenue comes from new users * Few new users, but strong demand for new features * Revenue comes from upgrades by existing users * Full saturation: no new users, no demand for new features * New sources of revenue are needed * Adobe Hits Record Revenue of Nearly $2 Billion in a Quarter (https://petapixel.com/2017/06/21/adobe-hits-record-revenue-nearly-2-billion-quarter/)