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Embedding that you would use for company reporting - yes.
I would agree there is a use case for a different sort of pricing if a company wanted read only users, but the arguement there is that Power BI is a reporting tool that every level of business can use to get better insights and you are closing that door. Maybe an upgrade path from read only to Pro user would be the right avenue.
But the cost vs. value is already insanely good compared to other analytics tools. So they need to make money somehow. The SSRS path assumes that you've invested in at least 1 SQL server, so you aren't getting Power BI for free. It is just a lot more sustainable for hundreds of users that don't need to build reports.
well there are parts of the business that are really just not analysts and never will be so closing that door vs cost, cost will win. Agree that its very cheap but also think that its reaching a new segment within the market that would not have previously used products like qlikview / tableau due to the expense and other variables such as skill etc. ie. these new users are excel users. So because of its office products Microsoft has this reach so to speak so will need to be competitive