Advice Request Subscriptions or Lifetime ?

[ng4ever]

Also do you think all software will sooner or later become Subscriptions? Like Malwarebytes Pro and many others have become ?

 

[Eggnog]

With subscriptions, the developer has more incentive to keep developing and improving the software. With lifetime, they already have your money.

 

[Kuttz]

With subscriptions, the developer has more incentive to keep developing and improving the software. With lifetime, they already have your money.

Subscription model costs you too much money in the long run. Its like using a rented car vs own car.

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

Also do you think all software will sooner or later become Subscriptions? Like Malwarebytes Pro and many others have become ?

I don't think so because of using ads and/or tracking instead of paying with money

 

[ZeePriest]

With subscriptions, the developer has more incentive to keep developing and improving the software. With lifetime, they already have your money.

Took the words out of my mouth.

 

[Rollers127]

When you count up all the subscriptions you are paying for then it all amounts to rather a lot of money. Not just software but right across the board. I have just done a review of subscriptions and cancelled all the ones that I don't really need, saves quite a bit of money each month. Its all too easy to say "That's not much each month, the price of a newspaper" Ten newspapers a month adds up. I'm not saying I don't need any, but some were easily for the chop. A subscription cleansing and more stringent consideration of an future ones is my way

 

[JasonUK]

I prefer lifetime but increasingly these are 'lifetime of major product version' (ie v1 lifetime licence won't cover v2 etc) rather than true 'lifetime of product'. I don't mind that for important software like Macrium which only updates major version every 2-3 years but for others they update so frequently that it becomes pointless and you might as well just wait for the inevitable giveaway version...

If I had ongoing subs for all products installed, many only occasionally used, I'd be bankrupt

If a product was subscription only I'd just choose a free alternative or one that has a reasonable one-off cost.

 

[Ink]

Subscription is more sustainable.

Adobe Photoshop is a great example.

 

[FireHammer]

I voted for Subscriptions but Lifetime if I can swing it at the time of the year.