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The only excuse for subscription model is when there is cloud storage/sync or server provided functions that are a core part of the software.
If I didn't rely heavily on the cloud storage and syncing part of Lightroom for editing photos seamlessly on desktop, mobile, and web, then I would already have dropped Adobe for Darktable and a pirated copy of Photoshop CS2 for when I need to print.
This is why FOSS with donation is actually a superior model.
I honestly rather download a free software and donate after I know that it’s good and I’ll know that I’ll always have access to it.
Paying for something that can be revoked (cause it’s a legally license, not owned) just doesn’t sound like ownership.
Right, but the problem with FOSS is a that it usually moves slow, typically isn't very user friendly, and has no real support from devs most of the time.
Turns out, if it's a single person in their free time it's slower. But at least if something isn't working I can fix it myself.
Ironically this made me donate to the lemmy instance my account is on. For the cost of just 3 bags of coffee a year I raised the monthly donations by 1%. Feels good man.
B2B SaaS
meanwhile, companies are killing lifetime licenses that were previously paid for.
Yep I remember clearly the first time this happened to me with Splashtop Remote in like 2012. And more recently 4K video downloader. "4K video downloader is being deprecated, please upgrade to our new application, 4K video downloader" Literally only difference is my lifetime license is no longer good and I'd have to buy a subscription.
Well, too bad there are easier ways to download content and even if there wasn't you have made sure I will never get anywhere near your products ever again.
Why i wont use iRacing. Sucks that it's so popular.
I myself also hate to pay for subscriptions and heavily favor to buy something only one time. But I also understand why something like software is sold as a subscription. If you take "normal", physical products like smartphones, cars or literally almost anything else, it is accepted that you have to buy a new one every few years (the time span obviously varies from product to product) and that repairs will also cost money, at least after the guarantee ends. But software is expected and required to be maintained, thus costing the developer money even after you bought it. Online features also lead to sever costs. Because of that, a subscription can be compared to paying for car repairs and maintenance. I think it would be fair if you bought a version of a product for a fixed price, which you could use indefinitely and then to take a small price to upgrade to newer versions.
I think it would be fair if you bought a version of a product for a fixed price, which you could use indefinitely and then to take a small price to upgrade to newer versions
I mean that's exactly how it used to work. You'd buy Office 2004, you could use it forever. When the new one released you could choose to upgrade if you wanted.
Same with Adobe stuff and everything really
I just hate it for stuff I am going to use sporadically. Like iracing. In summer I'll use it like once a month. In winter maybe like 4 times a week. But the price doesn't change. I could not use it for 3 months and then I wasted that money. I don't like that. Also, you never own anything then, which is what they want.
FOSS users pay zero times.
Though hopefully contribute in other ways, like code improvements (not necessarily to every project:-).
Do kids these days think boomers are 20yo?
As far as I can tell, the word "boomer" has shifted from "an out-of-touch adult from the baby boomer generation" to "an out-of touch adult."
All kids think anyone older than them is a boomer. Actual boomers think all kids are millennials. Millennials can't catch a fucking break at either end.
We can't catch a break ever.
Like we all started having memories of stuff and it all went down from there
I thought it was a boomer is “older than me” and a millennial is “dem youngens”. /s
piracy my dudes. stop giving them money altogether.
Yarr! Raise the black flag!
Boomer? Thats just a HUMAN complaint!
Are wages a subscription service?
I know this is not a serious comment but I'm gonna reply as if it were I would argue that wages are not a subscription service, here's why.
A subscription means the company is guaranteed money in exchange for providing a service. The customer can not and will not get that money back.
A worker who earns a wage can be very easily screwed out of money they were "guaranteed" but because their contract stipulates the worker turned in their shirt with a stain on it after quitting, they dont get their final paycheck. (actual clause at a job I had)
Please subscribe to my body so I don't die.
Seeing a subscription actually makes my decision easy. I see it and immediately know to avoid.