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Re:Subscription Hell by flanbiscuit on Sunday May 06, 2018 @01:35PM (#17007298)
edit: disregard my comment below, as others have reminded me, the yearly charge is for updates and will not stop you from using it completely if you decide not to renew it, you just don't get any more updates. So this isn't the best example

> I have noticed this as well, that a not-small number of software programs have turned from "give us one money for this version" to "give us slightly smaller amount of one money per month, but do it in perpetuity if you want to keep going with the data you've entered."

Like Sketch App which used to be just US$99[1] and is now US$99/year[2]. Although in this example, "slightly smaller" doesn't apply

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160416212244/http://sketchapp....

2. https://www.sketchapp.com/pricing/

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Re:Subscription Hell by RandomBookmarks on Sunday May 06, 2018 @02:01PM (#17007436)
But the website says:

Your license comes with a year’s worth of updates. Once that year is up, you can keep using the last version of Sketch you downloaded, forever.

That sounds ok to me.

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Re:Subscription Hell by flanbiscuit on Sunday May 06, 2018 @02:34PM (#17007618)
Ah yes I completely forgot about that and you're right, that does sound ok to me
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Re:Subscription Hell by 3pt14159 on Sunday May 06, 2018 @02:24PM (#17007577)
What happens if there is a security hole in your version?
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Re:Subscription Hell by jonknee on Sunday May 06, 2018 @03:12PM (#17007859)
The same thing that used to happen to you before everything was a subscription--you will run insecure software.
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Re:Subscription Hell by sametmax on Sunday May 06, 2018 @02:46PM (#17007690)
I don't know about any software that is supported indefinitely. One day you need to upgrade, it's fair enough.
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Re:Subscription Hell by Something1234 on Sunday May 06, 2018 @02:36PM (#17007631)
Air gap it.
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Re:Subscription Hell by cridenour on Sunday May 06, 2018 @02:00PM (#17007429)
After that year, you get to keep using the product and your files though. You're just paying for updates.
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