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Single bill for modern software doesn't make sense economically anymore. Do you want updates? You want new versions? New features? Support? Single bill it's l
by _el1s7 1y ago
Single bill for modern software doesn't make sense economically anymore.
Do you want updates? You want new versions? New features? Support?
Single bill it's like buying an IPhone once and then you expect to get a new one for free each year.
- jspdown 1y agoAll the digital artists I know don't use and want new features in Photophop. And more generally, most non-tech businesses values more stability than having new features. Single bill makes a lot of sense for many users.
- valiant55 1y agoDoes a JetBrains style license not address this exactly? You buy the current version and one year of updates. If you want updates after that you have to renew.
- _Algernon_ 1y ago>Do you want updates? You want new versions? New features? Support? No. This was a solved problem decades ago. Purchase includes minor version updates, then you keep it for life without updates. Upgrading to the next version is a choice. Why did we collectively agree that customer choice does not matter?
- tofof 1y agoIt depends, what are you charging for the new features in the update/version? Twenty years ago, you'd put out a new version and I could go find what new features it had and decide for myself whether those were worth the price you ask to get them. If the answer is yes, I pay and I get the new features. If the answer is no, I don't pay and I keep using the program I already bought. Why do you think the company is automatically entitlted to rent seeking and the removal of user choice just because they tweaked the ui?