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marko:
Siber Systems? ::) (I'm a Lastpass user now)

MusicMatch? ::) So many ex musicmatch users are now MC users...

InflatableMouse:

--- Quote from: _mulder on September 14, 2012, 02:43:19 pm ---Not saying that they should do it, but I have to somewhat disagree with what you wrote, at least in the case of slysoft. I think they have proven over time that they don't just want short income.

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Slysoft offers subscriptions, you need to renew and pay again after it runs out, every 1 or 2 years. It's not a one-time pay for a lifetime upgrade license which is what was suggested by the OP.

Subscriptions can be a good option. When JR announces a new beta people can upgrade for a limited time against a discount. This time I was on holiday and I missed the time window. So for example, they could offer this discount in a subscription running for 2-5 years (user choice). The longer the subscription, the bigger the discount (1$ a year?). No subscription, you pay the regular upgrade price.

Trumpetguy:

--- Quote from: _mulder on September 14, 2012, 02:43:19 pm ---Not saying that they should do it, but I have to somewhat disagree with what you wrote, at least in the case of slysoft. I think they have proven over time that they don't just want short income.

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Slysoft continues their lifetime license to old users. Some one or two years ago they abandoned this and are now only offering time limited licenses. Says something about the whole idea

InflatableMouse:

--- Quote from: Trumpetguy on September 15, 2012, 03:09:23 am ---Slysoft continues their lifetime license to old users. Some one or two years ago they abandoned this and are now only offering time limited licenses. Says something about the whole idea

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Exactly. It kills the business.

MrHaugen:
I don't know much of the examples here. But I have a few questions.

- Did they only offer life time licenses? I understand very well why they lose customers if that is the case.
- Did they change some fundamental things with their programs or services? I know of a few examples where this happened as well. And the licenses had little to do with their doom.

As long as people could choose between single upgrade licenses or life time licenses, I see little possible problems. If only life time licenses were offered, it would go just one way. Down. I'm not by any means a big supporter of one or the other way of licensing a product. I just think that some are exaggerating a bit here :)

Btw, Slysoft still offers lifetime upgrades. 1-4 year upgrades as well as lifetime.

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