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It's a tradeoff and depends on part on whether it's a business tool or a physical one (for you). If business, perhaps it's time to raise rates; if personal then
by fencepost 6y ago
It's a tradeoff and depends on part on whether it's a business tool or a physical one (for you). If business, perhaps it's time to raise rates; if personal then you're probably not their target market. It also depends on the value of your time and how much of that you spend working around subscription models.
- happymellon 6y agoIts more than that. Convincing my boss to buy a tool is one thing, even buying on an annual basis, but convincing them to subscribe to another service is completely different. As I said, I have personally purchased the JetBrains All Product pack, and have worked places where they will buy it for developers. Charging rent for a tool like GitKraken is just crappy, but I guess thats the only way to make ongoing money for a tool that you struggle to add value to encourage upgrade purchases.