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Another Ponzi-like scheme: "Lifetime."
by FiddlerClamp 6y ago
Another Ponzi-like scheme: "Lifetime."
- zubspace 6y agoI think lifetime can very well work if done right, but not at zero cost for a user. You need a healthy business with guaranteed sales. FL Studio [1] is one example which does it right. After buying a license you get lifetime free updates. But they offer different editions and plugins which are not free. So first, they get users hooked with lifetime updates and in the long run this will probably work out for them, because some power users want more in the long run. On the other hand, services which are free and suddenly transition to a subscription based model annoy me to no end. The last time I experienced this was with a free e-mail hoster called Migadu [2] which killed it's free plan this year. [1] https://www.image-line.com/fl-studio/lifetime-free-updates/ https://www.image-line.com/fl-studio/lifetime-free-updates/ [2] https://www.migadu.com/pricing/#what-happened-to-the-free-plan https://www.migadu.com/pricing/#what-happened-to-the-free-pl...
- fuzxi 6y agoEven worse when a service with a paid lifetime license transitions to a subscription model. See: Cerberus [1], a Find My Phone style app. Luckily I'd migrated to the built-in Android equivalent before I got the email that my lifetime license was expiring. [1] https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/12/21/cerberus-paid-lifetime-license-expiration/ https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/12/21/cerberus-paid-lifet...