Pete Prodoehl 🍕Mar 3
Hey kids, in the olden days you bought (instead of “rented”) software and it came in a box with a disc and it was yours to use forever!
Show threadPete Prodoehl 🍕Mar 3

Well, the “forever” part was tricky because it might break due to OS upgrades or computer architecture/chip changes.

But making a one-time purchase and using software 5 or 10 years was not unheard of.

I think I paid $500 for Photoshop and it came out to under $9 per month if I do the math right… that’s for 10 years of use.

If it’s still $20 per month for a subscription and you do 10 years that’s $2,400.

Show threadNo soy MarioMar 3
@rasterweb Companies like JetBrains have a license where your subscription gets you access to the upgrades. If you stop the subscription, your free to continue to use the version up to the point that your subscription ran out. This seems quite fair to me. Also gives incentives to the company to actually improve their product and not just do nothing collecting access-fees.
Show threadPete Prodoehl 🍕
@marijn LightBurn has/had a similar scheme, and I do appreciate that model over the “stop paying = lose all access” concept.
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