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Are those the only options? How about paying once, owning a specific version and that's it?

• dukeyukey 1y ago
  Not great for a chat app, which needs ongoing active servers and someone to fix stuff that breaks, even if you feature-freeze it.
  • jjani 1y ago
    Pretty great for a chat app used by a few billion people, a few $billion is enough to keep things running for many decades. e.g. banks do exactly this, with much more critical and complicated infra.
    • xur17 1y ago
      How do banks do this?
    • ldsd 1y ago
      Don't banks also charge a monthly fee?
• phalangion 1y ago
  That works for software, but not as well for services like YouTube
  • dilyevsky 1y ago
    Even for software practice has shown few are actually willing to pay hundreds to thousands for a lifetime license. And you still need to purchase service packs, etc