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Yep. Give people two choices. 1) Purchase a major version and get no updates. 2) Purchase a subscription and get constant updates.
by jms703 5mo ago
Yep. Give people two choices.
1) Purchase a major version and get no updates.
2) Purchase a subscription and get constant updates.
- bayindirh 5mo agoOr use "The Dutch Model": Pay for the major version, get all of its updates. Then pay for update (to next major plus its updates) with a discount. If you don't prefer the pay, you can keep what you have. This is what Reaper, Forklift, CameraBag and countless others do, and it works very well. Edit: This comment contained Forklift as an example before, but they have changed their model, so it's removed.
- kstrauser 5mo agoForklift only sells you a year of updates at a time now.
- bayindirh 5mo agoYeah, you're right. I remembered it now. However, they have stopped doing "major" releases at the same time, too. Let me update the comment.
- tpmoney 5mo agoI’m a big fan of JetBrains model for this. Buy the software on a subscription, and the subscription gets cheaper for the first 3 annual renewals. While you’re subscribed you get access to the most current version and when you stop subscribing you have a lifetime license for the latest major version (and it’s patches) that you’ve paid for at least a year of. The subscription helps fund the continuous development that is expected of modern software but you still get to keep something for having invested that money when you’re done.
- _carbyau_ 5mo ago^^ This. ^^ Choices! As a customer, so many frustrating things boil down to not being given a choice. Not even having a tickbox to express which way you'd like it even if the default is otherwise.