Another one goes subscription

Posted by Bernhard
Sep 1, 2023 at 07:04 AM

Paul Korm wrote:

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>If a developer put a dead man’s switch on the software
>license validity check, I think I would not buy the software, assuming
>he/she/they/them/it was on the way out the door anyway.
>

In the worst case a developer could issue a new version of the software with a permant license before he gets out of business. There was such a case in the past, unfortunately I don’t remember the name.

Another way to mitigate the problem of ending a subscription could be a model like JetBrains. They offer every year a “fallback version” that will continue to work without subscription.