Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Show HN: I completed shipping my desktop app

pimosa.app

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

71–80 of 304 posts

Re: Show HN: I completed shipping my desktop app

#73

Post by aktuel »

adastra22 wrote: post #52
kyrra wrote: post #50

May I suggest not offering lifetime updates? All software that does this ends up getting around it in the end because they realize they need to get more money from existing customers to actually stay afloat. Normally by releasing the product under a slightly different name or some other sleight of hand. The model like jetbrains does with IntelliJ I think is decent. Or look at smaller software like sublime text or Arq…

Maybe I'm old school, but I won't "buy" (rent?) subscriptions for software. I expect to own it outright, at to receive at least security updates for a reasonable time period.

These are three different models:

1) Free lifetime updates 2) No subscription, but limited updates 3) Subscription model

The parent was suggesting no. 2 (what you would find acceptable as well).

Re: Show HN: I completed shipping my desktop app

#77

Post by danparsonson »

thfuran wrote: post #57
adastra22 wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe I'm old school, but I won't "buy" (rent?) subscriptions for software. I expect to own it outright, at to receive at least security updates for a reasonable time period.

Do you expect to receive a free car every new model year after buying one outright?

Security updates is not a new model; most cars come with a warranty (which is not the same thing either but the point is you do get some form of support for free for a period of time).

Re: Show HN: I completed shipping my desktop app

#79

Post by georgeecollins »

lovegrenoble wrote: post #70

I won't rent a subscription for any software

My understanding is it's a one time purchase, lifetime update for a single user. If you misunderstood this I am guessing because you didn't click on the "license option" buttons because it sounded like subscription software. That's a good thing for the dev to know, because I agree, this doesn't seem like something I would pay for monthly or yearly, but I might buy.
Post reply on HN