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A world where people pay for software

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Re: A world where people pay for software

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Post by the_lonely_road »

I usually consider myself a decently smart individual but damnit this has me questioning that...

I read through your landing page and your how-it-works page and I am still...confused. That it ends on a hand wavey "we haven't solved this part yet" statement does not inspire confidence.

As best I can tell you are going to take a lot of open software and gatekeep it behind a paywall but each user only has to pay once...to someone...and then they can access all of the software behind that gate. So you are trying to make an ecosystem of software that can only be accessed by people that have paid some money at least once?

Re: A world where people pay for software

#6

Post by spuz »

robalni wrote: post #2

This is my project, so if you have questions, I can answer them in this thread.

The whole website is very confusing. Why would a user want to subscribe to only one developer? Why does subscribing to one developer give access to all developers? Why not put yourself in the middle and offer a subscription to "1Sub.dev" and give users the same benefits?

What does it mean to "give access to downloads and other resources"? What kind of downloads and resources?

Can you give some examples of services that exist that you think don't work well enough?

Re: A world where people pay for software

#7

Post by lnxg33k1 »

the_lonely_road wrote: post #5

I usually consider myself a decently smart individual but damnit this has me questioning that... I read through your landing page and your how-it-works page and I am still...confused. That it ends on a hand wavey "we haven't solved this part yet" statement does not inspire confidence. As best I can tell you are going to take a lot of open software and gatekeep it behind a paywall but each user only has to pay once...…

I considered myself normal functioning, but after reading the landing page I think a few braincells just hanged themselves

Re: A world where people pay for software

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Post by a254613e »

Besides being sick of subscriptions for every small thing, I'm not sure I understand the premise here:

"Pay to download or for other services: Not worth it; users can find the software somewhere else and they don't need your other services."

So users won't pay a one-time fee, but instead they will pay a subscription to get that one software they need? They won't "find the software somewhere else" if it's behind a subscription, but will do so if it's behind a single payment?

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