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Going one step up the ladder... So many products and services have been ruined by the need for a subscription/ recurring revenue model instead of a consumption
by kthejoker2 3y ago
Going one step up the ladder...
So many products and services have been ruined by the need for a subscription/ recurring revenue model instead of a consumption / one time purchase model.
I see so many products (mostly software) I would gladly pay $20 one time for but balk at paying $5/month in perpetuity for.
Content in particular should be owned or rented, not subscribed to.
- graphe 3y agoWhat are some?
- kthejoker2 3y agoA few that have come up recently: * an intermittent fasting tracking app * A Pomodoro timer app * So many apps want a subscription (!) to remove ads * Picker Wheel, an app that lets you spin a wheel of random choices * several apps that let you "access" a video library of exercises * Canva, Figma, Adobe, LucidChart, most design apps By contrast, Ableton and most DAWs still have a completely reasonable one-time payment model, and then upgrade / expansion packs to fit your needs.
- graphe 3y agoI don't think you're looking hard enough or think differently then me. I don't need an IF app, but if I did I'd use Siri. Try this for pomodoro. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/timer-loops/id1662287175 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/timer-loops/id1662287175 For exercise I never felt like tech helped me at all. If it's a huge problem fdroid will probably have it free. I'm doing self hosting some cloud services and I've gone back to paper for so many since they're needlessly complex like taiga.io
- kthejoker2 3y agoSorry if I implied you could only get these types of things through subscription. I just meant I've seen the subscription model in a lot of places where it makes no economic sense.