plot twist: one time purchase of a year and a half of use before “we are ending support for the product which inexplicably means your license somehow no longer works”
Wise Choice 👍
Submitted 1 month ago by diffaldo@lemmy.dbzer0.com to memes@sopuli.xyz
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empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social 1 month ago
I’ve switched everything I can away from subscriptions, even swapping to pre-paid phone plan. If I could do the same with my Internet or insurance, I absolutely would.
I like not having small-ish amounts of money come out every month. It’s easier to plan for a big chunk once a year. It’s also much easier to see tiny customer-fucking price increases because they represent a greater difference in annual payment over monthly.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yearly subscriptions are still subscriptions, you know?
CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social 1 month ago
Not really an option to not have a phone and insurance, you know?
ObscureOtter@piefed.ca 1 month ago
Just gonna drop this here: https://buyoncesoftware.com
List of buy-once alternatives to subscription software.
ObscureOtter@piefed.ca 1 month ago
Oh no! They have a paid listing option now. Enshittification knows no bounds… 😢
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I wonder if they can pay once for it or if it’s subscription
Ghostie@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
They should audit that site. Adobe is on the front page and there are a few programs that are annual subs, like horse browser. But I’m book marking it anyway because there is some good stuff there despite that.
crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
From the looks of the site, it seems “buy once” refers more to having your software listed .
IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Depends on what it is I’m purchasing and the cost of the subscription vs the cost of a one time purchase. Also, depends on if it’s a true one time purchase or something along the lines of those “lifetime subscription” one time charges that never seem to actually last z lifetime.
Zwiebel@feddit.org 1 month ago
I prefer keeping as much of my income available as possible and then decide when and where to spend it, rather than having most of it tied up in monthly rates. More liquidity=more flexibility
spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
The day has not come that I’ve found a subscription worth the monthly rate. I even pay a bit more for my Internet bill so I can dump its ass on a whim if I like, and I use that daily (hourly). Canada has SUPER predatory telecoms, keeps them honest
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
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missphant@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
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rumschlumpel@feddit.org 1 month ago
Personally I’m partial to one-time donations. There’s lots of projects to go around, and a big one time sum typically has a better value to fees ratio than several smaller payments of the same value.