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No it is not about the price, it is about my dev tools needing to call the mother ship every month to make sure I am still a valid user. Just keep the option f
by btreecat 11y ago
No it is not about the price, it is about my dev tools needing to call the mother ship every month to make sure I am still a valid user.
Just keep the option for a perpetual license thanks. Even if it means increasing the cost, I am fine with that. I just don't want to rent my tools as a professional.
- Nagyman 11y agoBesides calling home, what motivation do they have to improve their tools under the subscription model? Upgrades have to be appealing enough to bother paying – built-in motivation to produce a superior product. With subscriptions, they don't have to improve the software; it's guaranteed revenue as long as one wants to use the tool. Eventually a competitor might step in and create something better, but until then you're stuck paying whether or not the software is improving.