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edit: disregard my comment below, as others have reminded me, the yearly charge is for updates and will not stop you from using it completely if you decide not
by flanbiscuit 8y ago
edit: disregard my comment below, as others have reminded me, the yearly charge is for updates and will not stop you from using it completely if you decide not to renew it, you just don't get any more updates. So this isn't the best example
> I have noticed this as well, that a not-small number of software programs have turned from "give us one money for this version" to "give us slightly smaller amount of one money per month, but do it in perpetuity if you want to keep going with the data you've entered."
Like Sketch App which used to be just US$99[1] and is now US$99/year[2]. Although in this example, "slightly smaller" doesn't apply
1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160416212244/http://sketchapp.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160416212244/http://sketchapp....
2. https://www.sketchapp.com/pricing/ https://www.sketchapp.com/pricing/
- cridenour 8y agoAfter that year, you get to keep using the product and your files though. You're just paying for updates.
- RandomBookmarks 8y agoBut the website says: Your license comes with a year’s worth of updates. Once that year is up, you can keep using the last version of Sketch you downloaded, forever. That sounds ok to me.
- 3pt14159 8y agoWhat happens if there is a security hole in your version?
- Something1234 8y agoAir gap it.
- sametmax 8y agoI don't know about any software that is supported indefinitely. One day you need to upgrade, it's fair enough.
- jonknee 8y agoThe same thing that used to happen to you before everything was a subscription--you will run insecure software.
- flanbiscuit 8y agoAh yes I completely forgot about that and you're right, that does sound ok to me
- deleted 8y ago[deleted]