@thelinuxcast this.

In the old days you bought a software and kept using it until a new version came along that had enough new features that were worth the upgrade.

It also meant the developer needed to put some thought into what users want for the next version of the software.
With a subscription the only thought that creeps up is how to get even more people to subscribe or how to milk your subscribers more.

Same thing for season passes and microtransactions. What a shame.

@thelinuxcast Yeah. I don't know about stopping devs/marketers/business strategists from using this unfriendly pattern, but I know supporting #FOSS and/or friendly alternatives helps people adopt better apps. I'm interested in learning what nice alternatives are available Then we can use and spread the word. Thanks for sharing the nice blog post ️

@thelinuxcast I have one Windows workstation left in my house, in my workshop. I have things like the Affinity suite, Vegas 17 and Office 2013. I paid for these licenses and I will use them until the heat death of the universe. Man, Linux needs an angel in the creative space the way Valve has been for gaming, but I think that ship sailed with Corel in the 2000s.

@thelinuxcast Just to play devil's advocate -- I think the one-time payment model isn't sustainable for a lot of smaller developers, and leads to project abandonment because costs keep recurring when purchases don't.

@rfduck charging per version used to work just fine, it would work again. The problem is that people got used to paying 99 cents for stuff, so paying more is hard to stomach for people. But there's no reason why devs couldn't offer both. I know when there's a lifetime option, that's always the one I choose if the app is worth it

@thelinuxcast very strongly agree with all of this. Which Android RSS client did you end up going with? I've been liking Capy Reader a lot.