The “SaaS is Dead” Meme: Short-Term Freedom That Breaks Long-Term Value

For the past 18 months, the phrase “SaaS is dead” has ricocheted through founder Slack channels, LinkedIn threads, and investor decks. The narrative is so beautifully seductive: centralized, multi-tenant SaaS has become bloated, expensive, and slow to innovate. The solution? Move to self-hosted instances, open-source forks, or “bring-your-own-cloud” architectures. You gain control, customization, and escape…