I have more zombie infrastructure than I realized: SaaS stuff I've paid for that I don't use as much as I thought I would.
I tend to think of it as optionality, but it adds up 🤔
Demand-tracking pay-go pricing would likely expand many SaaS markets. Metering is the future.
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This is pretty much what says every day - lambdas and pay-per-use pricing are gonna redefine software as we all move beyond the "self-managed always-on servers" paradigm.
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Go-to anecdote of this is how Samuel Insull, who architected US grid power, discovered he could 10x market size by shifting from billing for installed lightbulbs like Edison to metering watts (he discovered meter tech on a trip to Brighton, UK), which made it 10x more affordable
It's interesting to ask why we don't have lighting as a service.
Is it because the concept is newish, or is it because it's hard to trust that the providers don't collude?


