A licence model for functionality is more usual in CIT systems. The functionality is present (physical components) , or installable (sw download etc) , but you can only operate it by purchasing the licence (key) . One thing it does is expose profiteering. If I charge 15/month for 24 months, then tis free, then the value to me is 15 x 24 = 360 quid. In a licence model, you pay me 360 quid to have the function at any time, but at least you know the true cost. If a competitor offers the function cheaper, then I may buy their product instead. If the value is 3600 quid, then some potential customers are going to balk from the outset. A vendor could set purchase terms over a time period, but the true cost is still transparent.
Jeremy Vine is on about £600k pa and is worth about £5m, apparently. Not sure if that includes his after dinner speaking for arms traders, though.
I wonder what the legality is of buying a BMW and then having the software cracked? It seems that you already own the components in question, so why can't you use them?
If you have not paid for a product function, and you circumvent the licensing enforcement in order to use said functions, then that is effectively theft. For the seat/wheel example, the vendor could no doubt build seats/wheels without the heater in them, but then if a customer wants the heater function, you have all the time + cost aggro of going somewhere to physically install that variant. So one licence model premise is that some functions are not component modular in nature + easy to install, so the vendor is shipping out functionality you have not paid to use, but with the hope that you will later seek to use them (and pay accordingly) .
So you don't own the product. What if you sell it to someone else? They don't have a contract with the manufacturer.
You own the product, but only the right to use the functionality you paid to use. If you sell it to someone else, vendor CRM usually provides for transfer of ownership (equipment serial numbers, licence keys etc) .
The closest analogy is car ownership. I can physically own a car, but if I do not pay the vehicle tax, I cannot operate it.
Yes, you can. Some vehicles are exempt and some uses/users don't require it. If you don't use it on public roads, then you don't need it.
You still own your car, though. The government requiring a license or tax isn't the same as the company half-selling it to you. They're taking the piss.
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