Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://myside-yourside.net/@StarkRG" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>StarkRG</span></a></span> +9001%</p><p>I think the only <em>"legitimate reason"</em> of any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/aas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aas</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AsAService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AsAService</span></a> offering is when it's an <em>optional upsell</em> like some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/hosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hosting</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>support</span></a> contract that incurs real, obvious and tangible costs just to be able to facilitate them by virtue of requiring personnel and/or infrastructure.</p><ul><li>And by that I mean real <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AddedValue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AddedValue</span></a>"</em> and not an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AntiConsumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiConsumer</span></a> choice to kill any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UsedSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UsedSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/market" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>market</span></a> based off <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTP</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/licensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>licensing</span></a>!</li></ul>