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Posted by JDS
Jan 20, 2022 at 03:35 PM
I agree with this as well. I would add to an earlier post in this thread, that the subscription model forces one to be more selective about which tools to subscribe to. In the early days, as a confirmed crimper, I would not think much of dropping $20 or $30 on a one time purchase, often purely to support an intriguing product. But I am now very careful not to get into the situation of paying multiple separate subscriptions every month as the cumulative cost is prohibitive. So, although the subscription model may be good developers, in the long run, it may become more difficult for a vendor to build market share. Another barrier for me is the reality that many vendors a) make it difficult to cancel and b) the auto-renewal feature makes it difficult to avoid the mistake of finding oneself auto-renewed for another year for a product you haven’t used for months and only realizing it when you see the credit card charge.
Ken wrote:
That’s kind of my thinking as well. I think that this is a reasonable
>compromise. It gives some incentive to the author and some choice to
>the consumer.
>
>—Ken
>
>Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>If the app in question is primarily web-based, I will always expect to
>>pay an annual subscription, though I would prefer not to. When the app
>>lives on my computer, Andy’s solution seems reasonable.
>>
>>Andy Brice wrote:
>>You need to be clear what you mean by a ‘lifetime’ licence.
>>>
>>>Sometimes vendors have a ‘lifetime’ licence where you pay once and get
>>>all upgrades free forever. This is almost certainly a bad idea (for
>the
>>>vendor!).
>>>
>>>With Hyper Plan, if you buy a v2 Professional licence, then you can
>use
>>>v2 Professional edition forever (perpetual licence). But you only get
>>v3
>>>if:
>>>a) You pay a 40% upgrade fee; or
>>>b) It is released within 3 months of your purchase of v2
>>>
>>>See also:
>>>https://successfulsoftware.net/2008/09/08/should-i-give-free-upgrades-for-life/
>>>
>>>—
>>>
>>>Andy Brice
>>>https://www.hyperplan.com