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
    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…