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I don't see the actual business case for this at all.

Most businesses amortise a laptop/PC over a number of years. Would you rather pay $10/month/user for this cloud service, or spend the additional $360 (laptop/PC lifespan for a business that can amortise the asset over 3 years) in the first place to get more powerful hardware locally, and benefit all apps rather than just the web browser?

I'd like to be proved wrong.

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In case you're seriously wondering, it's vastly preferably for a business to spend $10/month in opex instead of $360 amortized over 3 year in capex. That's why everything is going rental and outsourced, even the plants in your average fancy office are rented by the month.

Many businesses are incapable of thinking more than one financial quarter ahead.

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