Re:Subscription Hell
by pc86 on Monday May 07, 2018 @07:58AM
(#17012033)
It's frustrating, but people wouldn't do it if it didn't work.
You will generally make far more money charging $5/mo forever than you will charging $50 once for identical software. Not to mention the steady cash flow.
An extreme example, but I always pirated Photoshop (as did probably half the people who ever used Photoshop). But now I pay $60/mo for it and a bunch of the other Creative Suite apps. I never would have paid whatever the 4-figure price was even when I was getting paid to make graphics at work. But I'll gladly pay $60/mo to have access to everything now even though I don't get paid for any graphics or video work.
You will generally make far more money charging $5/mo forever than you will charging $50 once for identical software. Not to mention the steady cash flow.
An extreme example, but I always pirated Photoshop (as did probably half the people who ever used Photoshop). But now I pay $60/mo for it and a bunch of the other Creative Suite apps. I never would have paid whatever the 4-figure price was even when I was getting paid to make graphics at work. But I'll gladly pay $60/mo to have access to everything now even though I don't get paid for any graphics or video work.