Re:Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now?
by gog on Sunday December 18, 2022 @07:00PM
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What happened? Isn't that just a body weight exercise routine?
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Re:Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now?
by BenjiWiebe on Sunday December 18, 2022 @07:33PM
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I don't know anything about it, besides knowing that my dad and brother used to use that app but switched away from it for some reason.
Re:Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now?
by flandish on Sunday December 18, 2022 @08:45PM
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No, but the app migrated from purchase to “life supporter” to subscription with each prior tier getting less. Now, “buy version 1.3.0” I can get not including updates post 1.3.x.
But “life supporter” faded to “subscribe” after more time went by.
Much like the mirc thing really.
I kinda miss the days of “buy version X. Get X. X always works… tease with upgrades to get user to buy upgrade.”
Re:Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now?
by watt on Monday December 19, 2022 @07:58AM
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Of course you do. It was fantastic while it lasted. It's not a great model for software developer though. I have no idea how Beyond Compare guy (scooter software) survives, for example. I paid for it once, maybe 10 years ago?
He should've taken more money. I paid for Sublime Merge, but it's nowhere as useful or great (so far) as Beyond Compare.