Getting 1Password 7 ready for the Mac App Store

Re:Getting 1Password 7 ready for the Mac App Store by roustem on Sunday May 20, 2018 @04:23PM (#17114575)

You can look at it from a different perspective.

The customer could pay $5 and then cancel the subscription if they do not like the service.

With the license purchase they have to make a large commitment upfront.

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Re:Getting 1Password 7 ready for the Mac App Store by pktgen on Sunday May 20, 2018 @09:17PM (#17115614)

In the old days with perpetually-licensed software, this was handled with a trial period (30-day demo or similar), or, where feasible, a feature-limited demo version (e.g. a game with one level as a demo). This is not a new problem or a problem without solutions.

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Re:Getting 1Password 7 ready for the Mac App Store by spronkey on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @09:13AM (#17125650)

[To play devil's advocate:] which were often cracked and released as warez...

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Re:Getting 1Password 7 ready for the Mac App Store by chrischen on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @05:21PM (#17129515)

I'd be highly skeptical of running a warez version of my password manager.

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Re:Getting 1Password 7 ready for the Mac App Store by chrischen on Sunday May 20, 2018 @05:59PM (#17114982)

That's good for customers who ultimately cancel. For those actually using the service it will be a worse deal.

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