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Absolutely. If a developer can only cash in on a big-number new version, that incentivizes holding back features to sell the new version. It just does. I under
by apozem 6y ago
Absolutely. If a developer can only cash in on a big-number new version, that incentivizes holding back features to sell the new version. It just does.
I understand the frustration with subscription pricing, but it's a business model that actually aligns my incentives with the developer's. I want an up-to-date product and they want ongoing revenue for their ongoing work.
- ric2b 6y agoI agree, but with the option to keep whatever version you had when you stop paying the subscription. Maybe applying only after a N consecutive months with an active subscription, to prevent paying for a single month behaving as a lifetime purchase.
- aembleton 6y agoThis is what JetBrains does. They give you a perpetual fall back licence to where you were 12 months ago. More info: https://sales.jetbrains.com/hc/en-gb/articles/207240845-What-is-perpetual-fallback-license- https://sales.jetbrains.com/hc/en-gb/articles/207240845-What...
- azornathogron 6y agoGod no. Subscription has the opposite problem that the publisher is incentivised to keep changing the damn software underneath me. It means I can't decide "this version works fine for me, I'll just keep using this for the next decade", which is something I totally can do with Sublime.