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Old 08-28-2013, 03:04 AM   #6124
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Originally Posted by jamesm View Post
The model tuners use currently just doesn't scale. The cost (in time or $) of servicing existing customers eventually swallows them. talent in that area is hard to come by and not exactly incentivized to work for someone else, so it's near impossible to increase your capacity.

They should have a base map (or several) available for free or cheap online and charge for their time customizing them as a service, like a paid support type thing. Far more scalable in my opinion.
I've been meaning to write something like this for a while both in some combination of support and condemnation of both JV and all the other tuners. I think you said this pretty well.

The problem is simple math, every free update has an increased expense to the tuner with only a minimal, non-reoccurring, revenue stream.
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