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unRaid is NOT switching to a subscription model (unraid.net)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Per the pricing plan, all licenses are forever licenses, but the lowest two tiers only offer 1 year of updates.

After that you can choose to renew, or continue with your current version.

If you do not like subscriptions, there still a lifetime plan, but at a higher pricepoint.

All existing plans are grandfathered in.

Full announcement form Lime: https://unraid.net/blog/pricing-change

Note: I have mixed emotions about this, but I'm seeing a lot of rage bait, and if we're going to rage we might as well have our facts straight.

If you haven't subbed already and are interested, check out the unraid community at !unraid@reddthat.com. We are already discussing it over there too.

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[–] Shimitar@feddit.it 22 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Some of you guys are nahive.

The true and best open source stuff is not developed for profit. Once it is, its only a matter of time because, guess what, software development is never really profitable no matter how much you piss off your user base.

Don't get me wrong: nothing bad in seeking profit, I do it myself too, I don't live of thin air...

But true open source projects are not developed by seeking sustainability and profit out of it. I steer away from any such project because it's doomed sooner or later and history is full of those projects.

[–] pulaskiwasright@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Software development is never profitable?

[–] Shimitar@feddit.it 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

For it to be, you need a solid paying user base. Which is not the case at hand.

Very often also at.enterprise level the big money is in training, support and courses rather than in the software licenses per se.

[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

Well duh, most software these days doesn't have a direct license cost; you don't pay for the Netflix app on your TV, you pay for Netflix the service.

(Okay, Netflix might not be the best example for sustainable software-based profit but you get the idea.)

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