squarespace
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^^ Couldn't disagree more. The threshold for a company needing a designer to get ROI on a website is possibly going up (in terms of company size) but I wouldn't say this is true. Most people grow out of solutions like Squarespace and even Wordpress fairly easily. If you can't differentiate what you do from what Squarespace does, and prove the value then, well yeah. SS is a threat. But I think many designers are capable of making the argument for themselves and their work.
Canoe, it depends on the size of the client. If they have 1-10 employees and do less than 10K a month possibly/probably. Though if they are doing any kind of ecommerce and they're successful SS is going to be something they grow out of quickly.
Squarespace sites work great IF (and it's a big if) you have great photography, illustration and copy to go with it. A large number of their themes look great when all of this place, those same themes can look rather shite if not.
They don't require a programmer. But these are easily outgrown depending on the kind of business they do. If they plan to grow, increase business at best they are kicking the can down the road.