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Or 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'
by bayindirh 5mo ago
Or 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.