I actually think that the tax treatment differs as well - the 2 months free can be treated as a marketing expense, whereas the reduced rent simply results in the lower revenue.
For financed buildings it also keeps the nominal value of the building at the same level - it's still technically "rented" for the same rate, keeping future cash flow projected the same.
Yeah, the “enterprise” product lineage is more Live Communicator -> Office Communicator -> Lync -> Skype for Business (kinda direct link to, even though it’s SaaS only) -> Teams
I think I'd be willing to pay more to offset higher content costs for more theater/blockbuster type movies. If Netflix was say 14.99 instead, I wonder what that would do to help? Perhaps splitting the content between tiers? It would shrink their "user base" for the purposes of streaming, allowing higher per-user payments on a title-by-title basis.
Sad part is, I know they are trying to lower that amount, and show that content providers need them as much/more than Netflix needs their content, but as a consumer, I'd like the options.
For financed buildings it also keeps the nominal value of the building at the same level - it's still technically "rented" for the same rate, keeping future cash flow projected the same.