Came across this article on Medium and wondered the people here on HN think about it.

I am not sure about the author's methodology for comparing OSS with SaaS APIs. Looks very pseudo-sceincey. But if there's any truth in the conclusion (that people are leaning more towards SaaS APIs than OSS), I am worried over time it will increase the barrier to entry for building new software thus resulting in fewer awesome stuff unless you have deeper pockets.