> I would easily pay double what I'm paying now _but_ on the existing scheme where I can upgrade when I want to. Like 120$/year rental + 100$ permanent license supplement. They can even make the sum total greater then it used to be. So like hypothetically 100$/year rental and a 100$ supplement for permanent license. I don't understand why they don't go to the rental model with optional one-time permanent license add-on. The very people that have been their champion getting their software into enterprise dev teams. The fringe bits (loss of permanence, ability to install a home copy) will disproportionately hurt solo/small business folks and hobbyists. My guess is that overall their spreadsheeting makes this even out based on how customers have been paying. It's no longer a cap-ex with a maintenance fee, it's just rental so all pre-tax. For a business this is actually going to simplify accounting I would think. I didn't look too closely but I guess the cost evens out over a 3-4 year subscription span. They got rid of the initial "hump" and in turn made the annual amount higher. Starting from zero, their pricing is lower over a set number of year. In areas where I have a stronger personal interest in long-term and historical access, I am growing increasingly tired of and leery of the "subscription model." I've also been a Safari online book library subscriber, and I've started to regret not simply instead spending the money to buy ebook versions of the titles I'm most interested in. I don't want stuff that dies unless I perpetually feed it, even just for historical purposes. more or less detesting such "subscription" pricing/licensing models.Īmong other things, I have some old, old systems and programs that work just fine, as long as I keep them isolated e.g.
I understand concerns about revenue stream nonetheless, I have to agree with some others here in. It was a 50% off promotion, as I recall, so the non-sale price would have been under $200. It was a couple of years ago, and during a promotion, but I got the "whole enchilada", plus a year of updates, for a bit under $100. Assuming underlying OS compatibility, which would probably eventually break unless e.g.
For example, to re-examine an old project (even if you might not want to do any fresh builds on an outdated platform).Ĭan you still do that, or does the tool "die" for you altogether once you stop paying? It used to be you would stop getting updates but could still use the product at its frozen (for you) point.
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