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OpenScreen is an open-source alternative to Screen Studio

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Re: OpenScreen is an open-source alternative to Screen Studio

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Post by bigfishrunning »

JCharante wrote: post #57
addandsubtract wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is, using QuickTime. The repo just fails to mention the benefits of this by assuming everyone knows what Screen Studio is and does.

to be fair if you don't know about screen studio why are you looking at an oss alternative?

I don't know about screen studio, but if I were looking for a way to edit screen recordings I wouldn't be searching for an "open source alternative", I would be searching for "open source software"

Defining your project as an open source alternative to another program is a mistake I think

Re: OpenScreen is an open-source alternative to Screen Studio

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Post by addandsubtract »

JCharante wrote: post #57
addandsubtract wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is, using QuickTime. The repo just fails to mention the benefits of this by assuming everyone knows what Screen Studio is and does.

to be fair if you don't know about screen studio why are you looking at an oss alternative?

Fuck me for being interested in projects posted on HN, I guess.

Re: OpenScreen is an open-source alternative to Screen Studio

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Post by whywhywhywhy »

RestartKernel wrote: post #18
alin23 wrote: post #17

Am I in the minority for thinking ScreenStudio is actually worth the money? The recent video I did for Cling for example ( https://lowtechguys.com/cling ) I’ve had many people ask about how I did it because it has just the right amount of motion and highlighting. I did it in a few minutes of editing in the ScreenStudio UI. I’m not saying it’s a great video, but people say it conveys the info well enough and that’s wh…

I think it's mostly just that a subscription seems weird for a tool like this. Most users would probably only need it occasionally, and with a subscription you can't just add it to your toolbox to grab when that time comes.

If you only need it occasionally doesn’t subscription make sense? Just pay for the months you need it.

I’m cautious of adding subscription products i would depend on to my tools but if it’s something I definitely only need once a year I just buy a month of it.

Although $30/mo is a bit much for what it does. So if they did go one off presumably it would be about $500 a license.

Re: OpenScreen is an open-source alternative to Screen Studio

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Post by feznyng »

gobdovan wrote: post #50
edoceo wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IMO a big disservice to the universe has been done with the recurring revenue drive. Many services could/should offer a one-shot option, with the highest margin. Somehow the world got stuck on SaaS model so hard that one off is completely ignored. I know why the capital class loves MRR I'm just mad that OTC is ignored.

I am struggling with finding a good model for desktop apps. The subscription model always seems to yield the most money, but I too dislike subscriptions. One-shot option seems attractive, but the desktop (MacOS at least) app market is actually so niche that the SAM is somewhere in the low thousands. So, if I would offer a one-time 100$ app, I'd have 100k$ before taxes. And for that revenue, there's developing, market…

> I think maybe there's a mid-ground with buy forever, 1 year updates, so people get the product they paid for, and if they want updates or support the development they can re-buy, however I'm yet to hear opinions on this model.

As far as desktop software is concerned, I think this a commonly accepted approach. Sublime Text is probably the most notable example.

Re: OpenScreen is an open-source alternative to Screen Studio

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Post by wongarsu »

gobdovan wrote: post #50
edoceo wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IMO a big disservice to the universe has been done with the recurring revenue drive. Many services could/should offer a one-shot option, with the highest margin. Somehow the world got stuck on SaaS model so hard that one off is completely ignored. I know why the capital class loves MRR I'm just mad that OTC is ignored.

I am struggling with finding a good model for desktop apps. The subscription model always seems to yield the most money, but I too dislike subscriptions. One-shot option seems attractive, but the desktop (MacOS at least) app market is actually so niche that the SAM is somewhere in the low thousands. So, if I would offer a one-time 100$ app, I'd have 100k$ before taxes. And for that revenue, there's developing, market…

Isn't that just how most software used to be sold? If you buy Photoshop CS5 or MS Office 2023 you get the product as it's released and maybe a year of bugfix releases (but no new features). If you want the new features buy Photopshop CS6 or MS Office 2024

Personally I like the model, as long as old versions stay truly static and don't get enshittification updates. It aligns incentives on feature development far better than subscription models: if you make genuine improvements you get recurring sales, if you don't then existing users will just stay on the old version. And existing users are protected from features or UI changes they disagree with

Re: OpenScreen is an open-source alternative to Screen Studio

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Post by lofaszvanitt »

"OpenScreen is your free, open-source alternative to Screen Studio (sort of)."

If you rip something off, at least have the decency to not compare your product to it. I mean, why is it good to have zero revenue and at the same time killing revenue for something else, that existed for a long time?

What's wrong with people, why are they biting their own hand? FOSS is a trojan horse and look, how many borderline idiotic manchildren kill their livelihood and offer their arz on a platter and at the same time killing revenue streams for others. And for what? So someone could expropriate it in an instant???

I mean what on earth is wrong with people???

Re: OpenScreen is an open-source alternative to Screen Studio

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Post by gumby271 »

lofaszvanitt wrote: post #68

"OpenScreen is your free, open-source alternative to Screen Studio (sort of)." If you rip something off, at least have the decency to not compare your product to it. I mean, why is it good to have zero revenue and at the same time killing revenue for something else, that existed for a long time? What's wrong with people, why are they biting their own hand? FOSS is a trojan horse and look, how many borderline idiotic…

What the fuck?

Re: OpenScreen is an open-source alternative to Screen Studio

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Post by ldenoue »

canxerian wrote: post #59
alin23 wrote: post #17

Am I in the minority for thinking ScreenStudio is actually worth the money? The recent video I did for Cling for example ( https://lowtechguys.com/cling ) I’ve had many people ask about how I did it because it has just the right amount of motion and highlighting. I did it in a few minutes of editing in the ScreenStudio UI. I’m not saying it’s a great video, but people say it conveys the info well enough and that’s wh…

I used ScreenStudio for a year. Then, when my annual subscription was up for renewal I tried https://cap.so/ and https://screensage.pro/ After experiencing many bugs and UX oddities with both of those, I went back to ScreenStudio. ScreenStudio is reliable and produces the best results for my use case (educational content and client updates)

I recently released QuickScreen give it a try for free https://www.appblit.com/quickscreen and one time purchase for $7.99 lifetime
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