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> You want apps, software etc. to be sold by subscription. I want options. Don't tell me what I want.
by ReactiveJelly 6y ago
> You want apps, software etc. to be sold by subscription.
I want options. Don't tell me what I want.
- mjburgess 6y agoThere's a difference between "telling you what you want", and the sense here. In this case it just means, "it's in your interest"; as in, "you want to see this!". In any case, "options" sounds good, but it is precisely this short-term economic logic I am claiming many misperceive as being in their interest. There are many instances of apps (, libraries, etc.) simply disappearing and being frozen in old versions because of no revenue stream against them. You may "want" something quite different 2yr after you've invested a massive amount in using Qt, only for there to be no future versions and your app becomes uncompetitive with others which are using increasingly modern libraries.
- krelian 6y agoIt's not in my interest if it costs me more and makes future planning more difficult. The software subscription business is essentially a huge price hike masked by paying in installments. >simply disappearing and being frozen in old versions because of no revenue stream against them. It means that the new features in version X were not good enough to entice new buys or upgrades. Subscription model is great - for the software companies. It's not a good model for consumers. The current subscription model will end up being just like Fifa or Madden games, the same thing every year with minor changes because consumers are locked-in and have no alternative.