Post AVuu84HMFppBXi3VJY by FreakyFwoof@universeodon.com
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 (DIR) Post #AVuu84HMFppBXi3VJY by FreakyFwoof@universeodon.com
       2023-05-22T14:50:03Z
       
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       People balk at app subscriptions which can in some cases aid in development costs etc, but they'll happily pay for Netflix, favourite coffee shop or whatever.I'm not starting beef with anyone, but I'm just here to ask a simple question. Why?If someone works hard on something and updates multiple times a year, is an app subscription so terrible?Your electricity doesn't change month on month, it doesn't exactly get better unless you live in one of these places that gets powercuts every 15 seconds, but otherwise, you still have to pay it to stay on the grid.Is an app subscription such a terrible thing? Genuinely curious.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVuu84w7oGQza983rE by storm@social.wolfe.casa
       2023-05-22T15:10:33.400684Z
       
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       @FreakyFwoof I don’t mind paying once for a product. I really make an effort to pay for the app if it is open source, e.g. I’ll seek out donation pages etc, or by the cost version from the Playstore. I don’t like monthly subscriptions, because some months I might need that money for something else. On the other hand, paying once for a product that receives updates and a lot of work doesn’t cover the on going development. Maybe if it were version controled, and each version was supported for a specified amount of time, like 1 year, and the payment covered those updates, then that would be more reasonable. In this situation, I would get some updates to my existing purchase, and if I couldn’t afford the upgrade, I could use my current version until I could get the next one.