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Re:Dear startups: I hate subscription services (2021) by willjp on Saturday July 30, 2022 @09:49AM (#32286799)
This is my favourite model. Say you are an illustrator, you purchase photoshop once for 900$ and you update again when the features are compelling. Maybe every 5 years?

These are not industries where people make programmer wages. Combining all of the required software costs is very expensive. Subscriptions more closely match the model/needs of the producer, but they are often quite bad the consumer.

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Re:Dear startups: I hate subscription services (2021) by jbluepolarbear on Saturday July 30, 2022 @11:10AM (#32287387)
You then need to take assets from a 3rd party and use them in your work. Their files are for a version newer than yours and is not backwards compatible. Are you gonna upgrade then even if there’s no feature you require? This was the main issue with photoshop in my experience and a problem that has disappeared with the subscription model.
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