Re:Qt 6.0
by krelian on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @10:36AM
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It's not in my interest if it costs me more and makes future planning more difficult.
The software subscription business is essentially a huge price hike masked by paying in installments.
>simply disappearing and being frozen in old versions because of no revenue stream against them.
It means that the new features in version X were not good enough to entice new buys or upgrades.
Subscription model is great - for the software companies. It's not a good model for consumers.
The current subscription model will end up being just like Fifa or Madden games, the same thing every year with minor changes because consumers are locked-in and have no alternative.
The software subscription business is essentially a huge price hike masked by paying in installments.
>simply disappearing and being frozen in old versions because of no revenue stream against them.
It means that the new features in version X were not good enough to entice new buys or upgrades.
Subscription model is great - for the software companies. It's not a good model for consumers.
The current subscription model will end up being just like Fifa or Madden games, the same thing every year with minor changes because consumers are locked-in and have no alternative.