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

  • LargestDong@lemm.eeEnglish
    85·
    1 year 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·
      1 year 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…