Ask OutlinerSoftware: Subscription vs One time pricing?

Posted by Ken
Jan 19, 2022 at 04:00 AM

That’s kind of my thinking as well. I think that this is a reasonable compromise. It gives some incentive to the author and some choice to the consumer.

—Ken

Stephen Zeoli wrote:
If the app in question is primarily web-based, I will always expect to
>pay an annual subscription, though I would prefer not to. When the app
>lives on my computer, Andy’s solution seems reasonable.
> >Andy Brice wrote:
>You need to be clear what you mean by a ‘lifetime’ licence.
>>
>>Sometimes vendors have a ‘lifetime’ licence where you pay once and get
>>all upgrades free forever. This is almost certainly a bad idea (for the
>>vendor!).
>>
>>With Hyper Plan, if you buy a v2 Professional licence, then you can use
>>v2 Professional edition forever (perpetual licence). But you only get
>v3
>>if:
>>a) You pay a 40% upgrade fee; or
>>b) It is released within 3 months of your purchase of v2
>>
>>See also:
>>https://successfulsoftware.net/2008/09/08/should-i-give-free-upgrades-for-life/
>>
>>—
>>
>>Andy Brice
>>https://www.hyperplan.com