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IMO the most logical pricing for continuously-updating, offline software is paid updates. Or “subscription-based, but you get to keep the old version without re

IMO the most logical pricing for continuously-updating, offline software is paid updates. Or “subscription-based, but you get to keep the old version without renewing the subscription” which is the same as paid updates but modern and auto-renews. For example, this is what Jetbrains does. Businesses need money to keep updating the software, and won’t get it if all their customers have already bought the product. On the other hand, if something is offline and paid for, it should never go away. Online is different, because customers need to continuously pay for hosting and compute. If it’s an app that’s almost all client side and the business just makes it online to force users to subscribe…yeah that’s wrong. But obviously something like a VPS is going to be a subscription.

thewebguyd 2y ago
> “subscription-based, but you get to keep the old version without renewing the subscription” I would be content if Adobe moved to this model, particularly for Lightroom Classic. There's only so much they can eventually cram into a RAW editor, and they've stopped adding library management features for a while because it's essentially finished in that aspect. I don't need more AI in it, and it'll be years before I have a new camera that I need it to support - it's at that point I'd love to simply cancel the subscription, but still retain access to the current version. I've had my Adobe subscription long enough now to have paid full price for Lightroom at least 5x over. Just let me buy a specific version and be done with it, and I'll pay for updates when I need them if the features are interesting enough, or I need the update to support new hardware. Otherwise, there's no need.
yen223 2y ago
The app store currently does not support the Jetbrains subscription model, which is mildly annoying

thewebguyd 2y ago

> “subscription-based, but you get to keep the old version without renewing the subscription” I would be content if Adobe moved to this model, particularly for Lightroom Classic. There's only so much they can eventually cram into a RAW editor, and they've stopped adding library management features for a while because it's essentially finished in that aspect. I don't need more AI in it, and it'll be years before I have a new camera that I need it to support - it's at that point I'd love to simply cancel the subscription, but still retain access to the current version. I've had my Adobe subscription long enough now to have paid full price for Lightroom at least 5x over. Just let me buy a specific version and be done with it, and I'll pay for updates when I need them if the features are interesting enough, or I need the update to support new hardware. Otherwise, there's no need.

yen223 2y ago

The app store currently does not support the Jetbrains subscription model, which is mildly annoying