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

  • StarServal@kbin.social
    123·
    11 months ago

    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.eeEnglish
      85·
      11 months ago

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

      • StarServal@kbin.social
        21·
        11 months ago

        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…