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		d1sxeyes 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google AI Studio is now sponsoring Tailwind CSS What’s the problem with the lifetime purchase?

hennell 3 months ago | [–]

It's the difference between one-off revenue and recurring revenue. If you're making new components, making new changes for the new version, adding new css and browser support it's hard to keep going with only income from new customers.

corobo 3 months ago | [–]

It takes the recurring out of recurring revenue, 100% churn

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