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$250 for a version with updates past a year? yikes

by ZeWaka 9mo ago

skrebbel 9mo ago
For a lifetime license incl updates forever that seems quite reasonable to me. It's a bit over a year of Netflix. In fact, given that it includes perpetual priority support (within a business day!) I expect the author's gonna change that soon, once he gets one of those infinitely demanding customers and realizes what a terrible mistake he made (inf support for a one-time payment, oops!). So better bite while it's hot! The €40 option for one year of updates is a lot more economical and is still a perpetual license for the software itself.
- fleshmonad 9mo ago
  Imagine paying for a file browser. This is why windows will always win. They have the most docile userbase ever. They'd rather pay 250 bucks for a file picker than to change OS.
  - MengerSponge 9mo ago
    If you use software that is $10k/year and Windows only, a few bucks here and there to improve your quality of life is a rounding error
    - antiframe 9mo ago
      I wonder if a lot of Windows users are also BMW drivers. If they're willing to shrug off $250 a year to be able to copy files efficiently on their computers, they are likely also to applaud the wonders of $50 a month for heated seats.
      - MengerSponge 9mo ago
        $250 (currently $200) is a single perpetual license. Annually it's $40/yr. It's easy to lose a few minutes each day to Explorer shenanigans. For people making real money that adds up fast.
      - delta_p_delta_x 9mo ago
        > BMW drivers £50 for a heated seat, perhaps, but you also get by far one of the best turbocharged inline-6 engines ever put in a 4-door saloon, the S58. Analogous to Windows NT, a well-engineered kernel.
  - yread 9mo ago
    Hey Total Commander is free/shareware (if you can live with the nag screen) and superior to anything on any OS
    - katsura 9mo ago
      My solution to the nag screen was that I never turned off my computer, just put it to sleep, so Total Commander was always running. Interestingly, TC was one of the few software that I considered paying for, but in the end I didn't because they asked for too much information at the time. Not long later I switched to Linux, and I couldn't use TC there.
  - int_19h 9mo ago
    This is more of a macOS thing. Windows users just don't pay and keep using Explorer.
- Gracana 9mo ago
  Now I'm shocked by the cost of Netflix.
  - Tom1380 9mo ago
    The monthly subscriptions always sound cheaper than they are
    - DrBazza 9mo ago
      Don't forget the old sales technique, £3.99 < £4.00. What a bargain!!!
b00ty4breakfast 9mo ago
some folks about to make a decent amount of money if the trend wrt win11 continues
g8oz 9mo ago
Double Commander is open source and no cost.
donkeylazy456 9mo ago
> $250 for a version with updates past a year? yikes It cannot handle CJK encodings too. what a joke

$250 for a version with updates past a year? yikes

by ZeWaka 9mo ago

$250 for a version with updates past a year? yikes

For a lifetime license incl updates forever that seems quite reasonable to me. It's a bit over a year of Netflix. In fact, given that it includes perpetual priority support (within a business day!) I expect the author's gonna change that soon, once he gets one of those infinitely demanding customers and realizes what a terrible mistake he made (inf support for a one-time payment, oops!). So better bite while it's hot! The €40 option for one year of updates is a lot more economical and is still a perpetual license for the software itself.

fleshmonad 9mo ago
Imagine paying for a file browser. This is why windows will always win. They have the most docile userbase ever. They'd rather pay 250 bucks for a file picker than to change OS.
- MengerSponge 9mo ago
  If you use software that is $10k/year and Windows only, a few bucks here and there to improve your quality of life is a rounding error
  - antiframe 9mo ago
    I wonder if a lot of Windows users are also BMW drivers. If they're willing to shrug off $250 a year to be able to copy files efficiently on their computers, they are likely also to applaud the wonders of $50 a month for heated seats.
    - MengerSponge 9mo ago
      $250 (currently $200) is a single perpetual license. Annually it's $40/yr. It's easy to lose a few minutes each day to Explorer shenanigans. For people making real money that adds up fast.
    - delta_p_delta_x 9mo ago
      > BMW drivers £50 for a heated seat, perhaps, but you also get by far one of the best turbocharged inline-6 engines ever put in a 4-door saloon, the S58. Analogous to Windows NT, a well-engineered kernel.
- yread 9mo ago
  Hey Total Commander is free/shareware (if you can live with the nag screen) and superior to anything on any OS
  - katsura 9mo ago
    My solution to the nag screen was that I never turned off my computer, just put it to sleep, so Total Commander was always running. Interestingly, TC was one of the few software that I considered paying for, but in the end I didn't because they asked for too much information at the time. Not long later I switched to Linux, and I couldn't use TC there.
- int_19h 9mo ago
  This is more of a macOS thing. Windows users just don't pay and keep using Explorer.
Gracana 9mo ago
Now I'm shocked by the cost of Netflix.
- Tom1380 9mo ago
  The monthly subscriptions always sound cheaper than they are
  - DrBazza 9mo ago
    Don't forget the old sales technique, £3.99 < £4.00. What a bargain!!!

b00ty4breakfast 9mo ago

some folks about to make a decent amount of money if the trend wrt win11 continues

g8oz 9mo ago

Double Commander is open source and no cost.

donkeylazy456 9mo ago

> $250 for a version with updates past a year? yikes It cannot handle CJK encodings too. what a joke