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The paid subscription lists this feature: > No auto-renewal That's not subscription.
by jve 1y ago
The paid subscription lists this feature:
> No auto-renewal
That's not subscription.
- sqliteonline 1y agoI aim to make the product convenient and as straightforward as possible. It's better to extend its use when needed than to worry about when to stop.
- ezfe 1y agoThe person is saying that the description says "subscription" which by definition automatically renews
- dangus 1y agoNot the definition of a subscription. See: magazines, traditionally purchased with one-time annual payments.
- ezfe 1y agoWell, those still recur automatically
- dangus 1y agoTo my recollection, not the old fashioned kind where you send in a check/money order for the annual subscription.
- ezfe 1y agoNo, I mean they recur monthly for the prepaid duration. The SQLite online is simply 1 term of access. There's no recurrence of any kind.
- dangus 1y agoAlright I’ll just head over to the dictionary. Emphasis mine, as long as the item is periodic in nature it’s a subscription. The SQLite online membership has a term of access so it’s a subscription. 3: an arrangement for providing, receiving, or making use of something of a continuing or periodic nature especially on a prepayment plan: such as a: a purchase by prepayment for a certain number of regular deliveries of something (such as issues of a periodical) or for a certain period of access to or use of something (such as an online service) b: application to purchase securities of a new issue c: a method of offering or presenting a series of public performances d (British): membership dues
- encom 1y agoSure it is. A subscription's defining trait is continuity of access contingent on periodic renewal, whether manual or automatic. People subscribed to things way before online payments or even credit cards were common. A modern, if niche, example is Tarsnap.com. Once in a while, I get an email from Colin telling me to pay up if I don't want my backups deleted.