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Re:Looking for software with fair pricing practices on Sunday March 08, 2026 @05:23PM (#47301632)
That needs a bit more engineering, but will give it a thought for sure! Thanks for the feedback:)

Looking for software with fair pricing practices

I am so frustrated with misleading pricing and retention tactics by software recently. All my personal or work subscriptions increase double-digit yearly once they have locked you in. And after getting a huge share of the market, usually relying on user-generated content or artifically low prices, corporations then sit on their money-printing machine.Anyway, I wanted to do what I could so I am...

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I think it's practically impossible, and like you said, even worse prices are not going back down. Companies tested elasticity and most of them will increase revenue since the pricing is generalized, all competitors did it at once.