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Re:Don't Offer a Free Plan by scrollaway on Sunday February 07, 2021 @07:53PM (#26059641)
Since this headline is likely to have a decent amount of people reading comments and not the article, I just want to highlight their suggestion of a "lifetime try-out plan". It's a pretty original thought, I don't think I've ever seen a SaaS use that.

I have seen trial plans with a small $ attached before though.

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Re:Don't Offer a Free Plan by thomasikzelf on Monday February 08, 2021 @10:36AM (#26065889)
Sublime text has this: "Sublime Text may be downloaded and evaluated for free, however a license must be purchased for continued use. There is currently no enforced time limit for the evaluation."

https://www.sublimetext.com/3

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Re:Don't Offer a Free Plan by btinker on Sunday February 07, 2021 @08:57PM (#26059996)
Though combining a paid "lifetime" plan with the deactivation of inactive accounts as the article suggests seems like a bad idea. That's deceptive in my book.
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Re:Don't Offer a Free Plan by koheripbal on Monday February 08, 2021 @09:07AM (#26064610)
Plex Pass is like this.
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Re:Don't Offer a Free Plan by scrollaway on Monday February 08, 2021 @09:42AM (#26065080)
No? Plex Pass has a lifetime plan (happy user of it here), not a "lifetime paid trial" plan.
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