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Windows 3.11, Office, Windows 95 etc seem to have done ok without monthly payments.
by muppetman 4y ago
Windows 3.11, Office, Windows 95 etc seem to have done ok without monthly payments.
- usrusr 4y agoAnd they were all funded in the paid update model. Subscription is a consequence of products running on the cloud (where you certainly wouldn't want to operate old versions for customers who refuse to update) and of the lifetime background updates established by app stores.
- birksherty 4y agoThat's exactly what should be. Pay to upgrade to major version, no subscription. Functioning app, fixing errors should be included in the selling price.
- prirun 4y agoMonopolies are great! /s
- david_allison 4y agoMicrosoft respects developers. Google doesn't