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Re:Getting 1Password 7 ready for the Mac App Store by vehementi on Sunday May 20, 2018 @08:31PM (#17115478)
> That makes no sense - you have it completely backwards. Their incentive to provide me with timely security updates is my continued subscription fees

You pay one subscription fee for both "I can use my app at all" and "security updates" together. Once there is enough inertia for you to not want to switch off, you'll probably keep paying (to use the app at all) even if they don't provide security updates.

If there were two fees - #1 a one time lifetime usage fee and #2 a security updates subscription fee then maybe that would make sense, but I don't think so otherwise

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Re:Getting 1Password 7 ready for the Mac App Store by chrischen on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @05:18PM (#17129491)
Agreed. This is the main distinction. If they are explicitly charging for security updates and being upfront that would be a completely different story. That being said, if they could do that then they can also charge for security updates piece-meal.
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