Curio 15 is out

Posted by NickG
May 5, 2021 at 10:12 AM

I may not be firing on all cylinders, but I don’t really understand this.

In the old, non MAS scheme, you we paid a one-time fee for Curio which included minor updates. Major releases were roughly annual, and once a new major release was out, no more updates for the older version (occasional exceptions), but we kept it as long as we wanted (and Apple OS updates permitted)

In the new non-MAS scheme, we pay a one-time fee for the current version and get a year of major updates. After a year, no further updates, but we get to keep the existing version for as long as we want (Apple OS updates permitting).

So the only differences I can see are:

- A defined year duration for updates (instead of “about a year between major versions”)
- The promise of major new versions during that year (instead of minor updates)

In practice, I can’t see that that its worse than the previous position, and it has the potential to be better (time will tell, but my experience of George is that he keeps his commitments).

The MAS position is different - it’s a subscription and always has been. The cost of the sub is about half that of a one-time direct purchase.

Simon wrote:
I was an keen user of Curio, but just cannot support their push to yet
>another subscription service. Their prices are extremely expensive and
>the normal single version licence has now been reduced to an annual
>licence (one year of updates). Their latest pricing doesn’t even make
>sense. If you buy version 15 under their “traditional” license, you’ll
>only get v15 updates for one year. They already brought on a
>subscription last year for an annual license. How is this any different?
>A traditional licence is one where you get bug fixes/updates until the
>next version. This is anything but. These licensing moves do not
>encourage me to support the developer, but move me to drop the software.
> >