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The model that is most fair to the vendor and their users is a perpetual license + termed upgrade/support coverage. That is, users buy a license for currently
by eps 4y ago
The model that is most fair to the vendor and their users is a perpetual license + termed upgrade/support coverage.
That is, users buy a license for currently available version and get, say, a year of support and upgrades. After a year they have an option of buying another year of upgrades or staying on their version.
That's it. As fair as it gets to all parties involved and it gives a lot of freedom to the vendor to release as they want.
Macrium is like this, Bvckup2 is like this, RamDisk is like this, etc.
On the other hand, if you really want to milk your users, subscription is a way to go, but it's universally hated. You will get a LOT of friction, goodwill will be non-existent and the word of the mouth will be near zero. So you'd better be sure your numbers add up.
- warrenm 4y agoI find it funny whenever I read people say things like: >if you really want to milk your users, subscription is a way to go First, that someone would think a "subscription" is "milking" their users Second, that it would be followed up by this extraordinarily false claim: >it's universally hated. You will get a LOT of friction, goodwill will be non-existent and the word of the mouth will be near zero Subscriptions are a fantastic model for many many things - for both customers and vendors As a customer, I pay so long as I want to use a tool/get updates/etc For a vendor, I get a consistent revenue stream to fund continued development, updates, etc