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Re:When “free forever” means “free for the next 4 months” by mfru on Saturday May 06, 2023 @09:52AM (#35841389)
> It's a win-win because the developer has the incentive to provide the best possible service in order to retain customers.

Only that a lot of users of Adobe Suite, Microsoft Office and so on will tell you otherwise.

The sentiment seems to be that the products got worse after switching to subscription pricing.

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Re:When “free forever” means “free for the next 4 months” by mrtksn on Saturday May 06, 2023 @10:05AM (#35841515)
That’s really not about the business though. People hate on new versions all the time if a behavior or UI changed, this is old as the days of software.

Some software companies handle it better than others.

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