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Posted by Paul Korm
Aug 29, 2025 at 07:40 PM
Thanks for your insights, Andy. It’s helpful when the real world joins a discussion.
Posted by James Salla
Sep 2, 2025 at 04:09 AM
Are there any discount specials like this for Windows-based software?
Posted by satis
Sep 2, 2025 at 02:12 PM
James Salla wrote:
> Are there any discount specials like this for Windows-based software?
Check out StackSocial, HumbleBundle, appSumo, BitsDuJour… I’m sure there are others.
Posted by satis
Sep 2, 2025 at 02:28 PM
Andy Brice wrote:
>I am considering offering a yearly subscription option on Easy Data
>Transform (alongside perpetual licenses) at some point in the future.
It’s interesting that around a quarter of the apps offered in the BundleHunt deal are 1-year subscriptions of some type. Regardless of hostility by some users it appears to be a licensing option that isn’t going away, and the antagonism or burnout for subscriptions is apparently overwhelmed by the number of users willing to subscribe and the needs of devs for regular, sustained, predictable cash flows.
This morning BundleHunt sent out a blast email about this bundle and noted that the top three apps purchased so far are
- PathFinder (dual-pane Finder replacement - a one year subscription),
- the Agenda app quasi-subscription, and
- VideoProc Converter AI (video converter and upscaler).
Two of the three are subscriptions, and while VideoProc Converter AI is a ‘lifetime license’ on their site they also offer one-year subscriptions for the app.
This does not surprise me. In music plugin software a couple of companies tried switching to subscription-only but there was so much pushback that nowadays if a company offers subscription plugins they (a) tend to be ‘all you can eat’ and based on offering a large plugin library with add new ones regularly, and (b) indivudual plugins may also be purchased separately.
Posted by Andy Brice
Sep 2, 2025 at 08:56 PM
James Salla wrote:
>Are there any discount specials like this for Windows-based software?
Bundles seem to be less of a thing for Windows software. I’m not sure why.
https://www.artisanalsoftwarefestival.com does sales twice a year (not bundles) and some of it is Windows software.
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