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That's easy: they’ll create Photomator v2 and voila - you need to pay the full price again, because “this version has SO MANY innovations...”
by EugeneOZ 3y ago
That's easy: they’ll create Photomator v2 and voila - you need to pay the full price again, because “this version has SO MANY innovations...”
- mrzool 3y agoWhat's wrong with that? Better than the monthly/yearly subscription model as far as I am concerned.
- EugeneOZ 3y agoOnly “lifetime” word.
- arnvald 3y agoWhich is fine, isn't it? The way I see it, there are 2 options: either you buy software "as is" and can use it forever, but you don't get free access to updates (or get them up to certain point of time), or you pay for a subscription. People who bought old versions of Pixelmator or Photoshop or 1Password can still use them (I have 1Password 4 on one of my devices), as long as the system updates won't render it useless.
- EugeneOZ 3y agoI do share this opinion, but their “lifetime” term is a trick. I prefer honest pricing and honest promises.
- arrrg 3y agoThat was the model in the past, yeah. Is there something wrong with it? Expecting lifetime updates with your lifetime license seems weird to me. That‘s not a realistic expectation.
- Firmwarrior 3y agoYeah, it's kind of funny, at first I heard about the Pixelmator/Pro debacle and thought "Damn, weaseled again" but really, that's how software all worked back in the 90s, and it was fine. I bought Corel 5 in the 90s for $200 or whatever, and it worked great. If I wanted new features or other substantial changes, I was willing to pay for a new version.
- JKCalhoun 3y agoYeah, I'm okay with that model — as long as they give us a couple years before the new. Developer's gotta eat. It's the subscription model that is poison.
- EugeneOZ 3y agoSure, just don't call it “lifetime”. They are trying to lie at every step and I despise it.