Re:'Cash cow' sales model for a macOS app
by girvo on Monday June 11, 2018 @04:48AM
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If it’s a one-off payment, you have your lifetime worth of chances to extract value. So I’m not following your point here, can you clarify?
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Re:'Cash cow' sales model for a macOS app
by antaviana on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @11:49AM
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Subscriptions have higher chances of survival than permanent licenses because developers have intentionally deferred revenue. So 6 years from now, the motivations to continue operating the business will be higher by a team selling a subscription at $99/year than a permanent license at $299. This way your workflow relying on that tool has higher chances to survive new operating operating systems, new formats and other forms of obsolescence.
I liked Microsoft Money but it is not anymore around. Had it been Money 365, it would still probably be around.