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I agree. I'm developing something, and while a subscription is attractive to me, I feel it's not correctly aligned to what users deserve. I'm burned out by all
by certera 7y ago
I agree. I'm developing something, and while a subscription is attractive to me, I feel it's not correctly aligned to what users deserve.
I'm burned out by all of these subscriptions and trying to go back to my "roots".
- hermitcrab 7y agoI pay a sub for some desktop software I use. I don't have a problem with it. If you estimate that the average user will use the product for N years, you can charge a one-time fee of X or a yearly sub of X/N and make the same amount either way (assuming you got N right and forgetting inflation). A yearly sub is very simple to explain. And people who use the product for longer pay more, which seems fair. The sub also helps to finance the ongoing costs of development and support.