Re:Show HN: Sitebulb, a website crawler and auditor for SEOs
by seibelj on Thursday September 28, 2017 @09:36AM
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I am personally fine with a monthly fee for desktop software. If I'm paying for software, it's up to the person who sells the software to decide how I should pay, and for me to decide if it's worth it.
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Re:Show HN: Sitebulb, a website crawler and auditor for SEOs
by gog on Thursday September 28, 2017 @05:07PM
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I am definitively not fine with that. Of course it's up to the person selling the software to decide on the pricing model, but it's also up to the customers to voice their opinion.
I refuse to buy software that is subscription based. The closest to this that I find OK is PHPStorm which has a hybrid model where if you pay for a year you get to keep the version you installed at the beginning of your subscription (or after a year of monthly payments have been made).
I don't expect companies to work on the software for free, if there is an upgrade worth upgrading I am prepared to pay for it.