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I'm aware. I was just trying to challenge the mantra of saas=bad because one-time payments are just cheaper for the user. Because the other side of the coin is
by bun_terminator 3y ago
I'm aware. I was just trying to challenge the mantra of saas=bad because one-time payments are just cheaper for the user. Because the other side of the coin is that it's less money for the dev. So it's not that easy if you look at the whole picture.
- viraptor 3y agoThey did well so far. It's healthy to challenge the idea that things need to keep expanding forever. Another great project like that is http://reaper.fm/ http://reaper.fm/ and I hope they'll never move from the "pay once for current and current+1 version" which is both providing future income and is not a subscription.
- bun_terminator 3y agoI did actually buy reaper. And I like it because it's not expensive. But I would have probably paid for a subscription, and kept it far too long, making them more money. I like the idealistic "not all things need to grow" mindset, just wanted to shine a light that most things don't work that way.
- TheNewsIsHere 3y ago> I was just trying to challenge the mantra of saas=bad because one-time payments are just cheaper for the user. You hit the nail on the head. Affinity isn’t a SaaS service. It’s a licensed software product sold by major version. Although the corporate world seems to have left the product/service distinction behind, most _people_ haven’t (and accountants certainly haven’t).