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Comment by Sytten | Hacker News Reader

HN: Subscriptions are evil, one time payment is the only way software should be sold

Also HN: Why is the one developper that work on my software when he can because he can't make a living out of my one time 30$ payment doesn't ship all the features and versions I expect in a timely manner

Support contracts start at 500-1000$ a month these days, if you depend on it for your day job maybe invest in your tooling correctly...

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- we spent at least 6x of your estimate

- we would have been fine continuing to use a non-expiring v2 beta, but the developer set it up differently (eventually, a non-expiring version was provided)

- we never asked for support, just to not have the software expire without a replacement available

> maybe invest in your tooling correctly...

So your suggestion is that businesses should avoid independent developers altogether? That's a great way to be supportive of the little guy.

I disagree with you there. For organisations that expect support for software over a longer period a recurring support contract is better. Otherwise you can end up supporting their never ending requests for free. Or worse they just choose something else.

You should differ between license fees (right to use the software) and support contract (your support question won't be ignored by the developer).

Almost seems like HN doesn’t have a single unified opinion on things huh!

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