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This is not blaming the victim as there are no victims. OP’s is wrong that SaaS is rent sending. Software should not be free (in cost), yet always receive new features and updates. Indeed, the alternative is the ad-tech surveillance state.
> Software should not be free (in cost), yet always receive new features and updates. That sounds like an extension of "you wouldn't download a car".
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I'm aware that some laces are completely unaware of the world around them Doesn't change the fact that the world keeps going whether you're paying attention or not
Do you think version 21 of a piece of desktop software is usually substantially better than version 20? Do you think those places are missing out on a lot?
though, the odds are quite good that version updates are improvements (security, platform support, features, etc)
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PocketCasts actually granted previous purchasers a free Pro subscription in perpetuity because of community backlash. That one really annoys me because I would happily pay $5 for Pro PocketCasts functionality for a year or two, but I'm not going to pay a recurring fee every month since I don't care about any cloud storage or sync functionality. On that note... if you don't want to use your free Pro PocketCasts subscr…
Where exactly is my pro pocket cast subscription? I bought the iOS app and, before that, the android app. And they still ask me to pay for the pro.
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PocketCasts actually granted previous purchasers a free Pro subscription in perpetuity because of community backlash. That one really annoys me because I would happily pay $5 for Pro PocketCasts functionality for a year or two, but I'm not going to pay a recurring fee every month since I don't care about any cloud storage or sync functionality. On that note... if you don't want to use your free Pro PocketCasts subscr…
Where exactly is my pro pocket cast subscription? I bought the iOS app and, before that, the android app. And they still ask me to pay for the pro.
And again... if it works, but you don't want it, let me know :)
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>software should work essentially forever Really? You're still running operating systems that are a decade old on hardware even older? Why?
I own Lightroom 4.0 from 2012 (that's 10 years ago). It doesn't have the latest features, but it's still a very capable RAW processing software. I don't use it anymore because I've subscribed to the current Lightroom. I've subscribed last year, because (finally!) the new features were compelling enough for me. The old version still works well, even on latest-ish macOS. It still produces great pictures now, as it did…
It's still an immense period of technology time - OS and hardware vendors don't support their products "forever": it's not sane to do so
Run 10-year-old hardware/OS if you want ... but you should expect increasing issues over time
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>Nobody asked for subscriptions. Nobody likes them That's patently false I, for one, happen to like being able to push costs from capex to opex (and yes, that's true for my own personal use like it is for business use) *for most things) - a subscription price gives me a closer approximation of a given tool's/service's value proposition than does a one-off purchase (most of the time) Everything from car leases (albeit…
> follow the terms of the subscription, and you get to use whatever it is as long as you want But you can run software you bought with capex as long as you want and it doesn’t cost more forever. And you don’t have to agree to new terms and conditions.
...only if you still have hardware and operating systems that support it (or that it supports, depending on your point of view)
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Do you think version 21 of a piece of desktop software is usually substantially better than version 20? Do you think those places are missing out on a lot?
I have no idea what version 21 vs version 20 of some hypothetical piece of software is in every case though, the odds are quite good that version updates are improvements (security, platform support, features, etc)
As for the second part, that's not been my experience with commercial software at that point in its life at all. Maybe yours has differed.
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I have no idea what version 21 vs version 20 of some hypothetical piece of software is in every case though, the odds are quite good that version updates are improvements (security, platform support, features, etc)
Of course that's unknowable, which is why I said "usually". As for the second part, that's not been my experience with commercial software at that point in its life at all. Maybe yours has differed.
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Where exactly is my pro pocket cast subscription? I bought the iOS app and, before that, the android app. And they still ask me to pay for the pro.
If you bought it before, you should see your premium lifetime subscription on login: https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/19/20873611/pocket-casts-plu... And again... if it works, but you don't want it, let me know :)
Doesn’t matter, I barely use pocket cast nowadays.