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A comment on Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now? by flandish on Sunday December 18, 2022 @08:45PM (#34047182)
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.”

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Re:Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now? by watt on Monday December 19, 2022 @07:58AM (#34051508)
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.

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