Subscription as investment

Posted by Dellu
May 10, 2019 at 03:52 PM

I agree with Paul’s type of investment. That is a reasonable investment given that devontechnologies has a track record of supporting users for a long time.

But, Stephen’s kind of investment sounds very strange to me. Maybe I am a selfish person: maybe because I have little money. I never did this kind of investment. I generally avoid subscription software like a plague—-even softwares I like & use very much like AtlasTi, I am avoiding them because of the licensing model (—uck subsription; what if I don’t get an extra money to pay for their yearly fees, am I screwed?).

But, paying for a software just hoping the developer will bring the feature I like—sounds a very risky investment.

There are many situations that the investment will not go to fruition.
- the developer might not like the feature
- the developer might prefer other features
- the developer might not further develop the software
- you might lose the interest on the software in the long run
- a better alternative came by
etc…