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It looked interesting to me, but their disnhonesty just threw me back: > Not a subscription—never expires > Includes 1 year of free version upgrades Are you
by kilburn 5y ago
It looked interesting to me, but their disnhonesty just threw me back:
> Not a subscription—never expires
> Includes 1 year of free version upgrades
Are you telling me that a third-party slack client will keep working forever without updates? The "not a subscription" message here is effectively moot: this thing will stop working and you will need to pay for "another year of version upgrades".
- viraptor 5y agoThose are the two common models of proprietary software distribution - subscriptions or one-off payments. Did you actually expect lifetime updates for $20 - i.e. the benefits of subscriptions for the price of one-off purchase? It's not promising you to work forever without updates, but also it doesn't force you to pay if you're happy and everything still works.
- kilburn 5y agoThe big difference here is that nobody should expect this app to continue working without updates. Contrast this with something like sublime text: years from now you can still expect it to work normally. What I expect is that if your app will not continue working for a long time then you should not make "lifetime license" one of your selling points unless you are prepared to offer lifetime upgrades too.