I 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

I 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