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SetApp Mac App Subscription Service
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Posted by Paul Korm
Dec 23, 2016 at 12:22 PM
There is a subscription service in beta (i.e., free until end January)—SetApp
After the beta, the freight is $9.99 US / month. No mention of multi-user/family plans that I’ve found, so I assume that’s the per-person price. Includes a few top tier (IMO) apps: Ulysses, iThoughtsX, Marked, and a lot of niche utilities. Some of the apps (ChronoSync, Xmind) are the express or lite versions. You don’t get to keep the apps when the subscription terminates. Personally, I prefer permanent licenses over subscriptions, and this one seems to cost more over the long run than buying one-time licenses plus the occasional upgrade fee, but the economics might work for some.
They are not advertising tiers or lower-cost bundles, like Adobe does, but that might come in time perhaps. For developers, it’s another outlet. Maybe cheaper for them than the App Store?
Posted by Andy Brice
Dec 24, 2016 at 11:53 AM
Things like this are a bit chicken and egg. Unless they get lots of developers, users aren’t interested. But unless thet get lots of users the developers aren’t interested. I hope they have deep pockets!