I agree - I would much rather a startup subsidy being based on a measurable metric rather than a time limit. e.g. A marketing mailing app being based on number of emails being sent, or a hosting provider basing it on the CPU units.
That way, a startup won't get penalised for putting an MVP out there to get kick started, and the overall infrastructure costs to the provider isn't that high.
I think it is also fairer in situations where one startup may skyrocket to profitability in 3 months as opposed to another that takes 3 years to start paying the bills.
I think AWS is sort of on the right track with their free tier pricing, and it would be nice to see others adopt the same strategy.
(Though I think AWS fails in their startup credits rationale - as far as I can see, they only offer that to funded startups.)
That way, a startup won't get penalised for putting an MVP out there to get kick started, and the overall infrastructure costs to the provider isn't that high.
I think it is also fairer in situations where one startup may skyrocket to profitability in 3 months as opposed to another that takes 3 years to start paying the bills.
I think AWS is sort of on the right track with their free tier pricing, and it would be nice to see others adopt the same strategy.
(Though I think AWS fails in their startup credits rationale - as far as I can see, they only offer that to funded startups.)