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> I wonder what would happen if you tried selling software the old way again. "Buy our software! Pay once. We'll mail you out a USB stick with the program on it
by lapcat 9mo ago
> I wonder what would happen if you tried selling software the old way again. "Buy our software! Pay once. We'll mail you out a USB stick with the program on it. Our software does not access the internet."
FWIW all of my Mac and iOS apps are upfront paid, with no telemetry or server-side component.
Of course I don't distribute them via snail mail though.
I'm doing pretty well. I'm certainly not rich, and probably not making as much money as corporate software engineers in the US, but I'm doing better financially than the majority of people. It's not impossible to follow the old business model.
- direwolf20 9mo agoHow do you know they don't have telemetry?
- lapcat 9mo agoI wrote them. I'm baffled by your question.
- lastofthemojito 9mo agoI (and presumably the commenter you're responding to) initially read "all of my Mac and iOS apps" as "all of the Mac and iOS apps I use" instead of "all of the Mac and iOS apps I've written".
- lapcat 9mo agoDid you and the other replier stop reading my comment after the first sentence? Because the second and following sentences make very clear—e.g., "distribute"—that I was talking about apps developed and sold by me.
- TheNewsIsHere 9mo agoI preferentially select for this software model. What applications to you make and where might I find them? I eagerly and quickly pay for major version upgrades to the independent software I buy. I’d like that model to stick around.
- lapcat 9mo ago> What applications to you make and where might I find them? https://underpassapp.com https://underpassapp.com
- TheNewsIsHere 9mo agoThank you. Just bought StopTheMadness Pro and StopTheScript.