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Ulysses, infected by a trendy virus, changes to all-Subscription model
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Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Aug 10, 2017 at 07:19 PM
Christian Tietze presciently discusses this possibility on his blog a year ago:
http://christiantietze.de/posts/2016/07/app-pricing-subscription/
Steve Z.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Aug 10, 2017 at 07:24 PM
Subscriptions can only work for some developers early on. Imagine if they all do it.
If all the important apps I use go to subscription models, it will cost me hundreds of dollars a year for those subscriptions. That is one of the reasons I will avoid subscriptions as best I can. (Sometimes they can not easily be avoided, as with Microsoft Office.)
Steve Z.
Posted by Paul Korm
Aug 10, 2017 at 08:33 PM
Interesting. They changed the price since the post first went up around midnight.
Franz Grieser wrote:
In fact the yearly fee is $40 - meaning $20 for customers.
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Posted by Paul Korm
Aug 10, 2017 at 08:33 PM
Interesting. They changed the price since the post first went up around midnight.
Franz Grieser wrote:
In fact the yearly fee is $40 - meaning $20 for customers.
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Posted by Paul Korm
Aug 10, 2017 at 08:40 PM
I agree.
Subscriptions are the model in areas where there is a large, expanding, and changing content. Think streaming services. Things that are “consumed”. Subscribing to software makes little sense.
FWIW—I pay a hefty fee annually for Tinderbox because Mark Bernstein is always fiddling and inventing new features that I find useful in my work. And after years of using his products and receiving personal attention whenever there’s a problem, I feel my loyalty and funds pay off. Borgs like the Ulysses or the Day One crews don’t do anything to engender loyalty.
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
Subscriptions can only work for some developers early on. Imagine if
>they all do it.
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>If all the important apps I use go to subscription models, it will cost
>me hundreds of dollars a year for those subscriptions. That is one of
>the reasons I will avoid subscriptions as best I can. (Sometimes they
>can not easily be avoided, as with Microsoft Office.)
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>Steve Z.
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