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In the perfect world where every monthly subscriber would be willing to pay 20-100 times (or more) the amount for a one-time, up-front purchase, sure. But that'
by xboxnolifes 4y ago
In the perfect world where every monthly subscriber would be willing to pay 20-100 times (or more) the amount for a one-time, up-front purchase, sure. But that's not reality.
- fingerlocks 4y agoI mean, that's how software used to be? Let's exclude anything cloud-based and assume no marginal operating cost of running purchased software. Adobe Photoshop cost around $1000 in the 90s, and now it's like $25 a month? Back then you paid a discount to upgrade to latest version, and now it's generally included in the subscription. For professionals, the amortized subscription price is probably the same as the flat one-time free plus the upgrades, if not cheaper. Some of the really expensive software I paid for in 90s and early 00s still has a flat one-time fee, such as Visual Studio or Final Cut Pro. Adobe and Autodesk have moved to subscriptions, but if anything that has made them more accessible to hobbyists. They were both charging ludicrous sums back then so the normies resorted to warez downloads.
- xboxnolifes 4y agoYes, that's the old pricing model. I'd bet that there are more subscribers on the new subscription model than the old flat-fee model.