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Re:Ask HN: What's a good business model for selling standalo... by hitpointdrew on Thursday November 17, 2022 @09:39PM (#33649207)
> I don't like limiting anyone to older versions. As the OP said, it's difficult to maintain.

You don’t maintain it, if you need a bug fix or new feature you have to upgrade to the newest perpetual license. IMO this is a much better model than the subscription model.

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Re:Ask HN: What's a good business model for selling standalo... by rolenthedeep on Friday November 18, 2022 @01:19AM (#33651051)
> it's kind of arbitrary to make the distinction at version numbers instead of features or easily-identified packages of features.

That is literally what version numbers are made to represent

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