Software used to cost real money, because writing and maintaining it takes real work.
When I was getting on the internet, you could buy Netscape Navigator — a *web browser* — in a *box* at a *brick and mortar store* for FIFTY DOLLARS.
So unless you would honestly pay a one-time purchase of $50 for that app whose subscription model you hate, be happy! You are getting a bargain.
@jsit It’s not the price. I have more than one app where I would have bought updates but refused subscriptions.
It’s the missing incentive to build something the current users want.
With customers, you needed to come up with features that made the customers want to buy the new version.
Once your users are subscribers, they have to buy each and every update, even if they only like the old features. (That’s a bargain?)
With subscriptions there’s no reason to make it better for existing users.
Jay 🆘
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