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Subscription models for an app that’s not hosting anything is just the dev wanting a constant revenue stream, no matter how they try to word it. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by spiritedpause@sh.itjust.works to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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Subscription models only make sense for an app/service that have recurring costs. In the case of Lemmy apps, the instances are the ones with recurring hosting costs, not the apps.

If an app doesn’t have recurring hosting costs, it only makes sense to have one up front payment and then maybe in app purchases to pay for new features going forward

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[–] StarServal@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (12 children)

As much as I support the developers’ right to profit off their work, I also cannot afford to have everything in my life turn into a reoccurring payment model.

[–] LargestDong@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Then don't. Free version barely has any ads and has 99% of the functionality. Y'all a bunch of babies.

[–] StarServal@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I’m not talking about this one specific application. I’m talking about the trend that everything is taking.

One thing in isolation isn’t bad. “ItS oNlY $xx.99/yr” after all.

But when stepping back and looking at the trend you see a different story.
It’s only $10
It’s only $15
It’s only $30
It’s only $5
It’s only $50
It’s only $100
It’s only $60
It’s only $3
It’s only $1599
It’s only $130
It’s only $45
It’s only $99
It’s only $200
It’s only…

[+] LargestDong@lemm.ee -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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[–] StarServal@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Again you’re missing the point.

This is the future of everything.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's one possible future. Or you could go out of your way to not get subscriptions.

I have two digital subscriptions, Netflix and Disney+, and I'm considering cancelling them.

For music, I just buy what I want to listen to. I watch far less TV shows now because I find them very repetitive and low quality. I don't watch many TV shows because I find video games and books more satisfying. And so on.

If a car requires a subscription, I'm not going to buy that car. If a TV comes with ads or a subscription, I'm not buying that TV. And so on. Unfortunately, the subscription model is very popular, but if enough people push back, alternatives will continue to exist.

[–] StarServal@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m trying, but I see this going the same way as MTX in video games.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Yet there are still a ton of games without MTX.

I can count on one hand the number of games I've played with MTX in the past year, and I've played dozens of games in that time. MTX is mostly in big AAA MP games, so I just don't play big AAA MP games.

In the last year, I've gotten a lot more into indie and AA gaming, but I still occasionally play AAA games. If a game obviously has MTX, I don't play that game. There's plenty more to choose from.

Vote with your eyeballs and your wallet and support companies that don't do that nonsense.

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