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0 pointsgenmon3y ago0 comments

Working Copy has got it right: a purchase unlocks all features to date, plus any new Pro features for the next year. After that point, you don't get any new Pro features -- but you don't lose the ones you paid for. The app is under continuous development and there is a constant stream of new free features.

There's great alignment between the developer and the users: dev gets people who pay more than once, and is strongly incentivised to add reasons to upgrade; users never get stuck with an out-of-date app and get to choose when to stump up more cash.

I wish more apps and services would adopt this model.

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graypegg3y ago

Same with Panic Software (MacOS app developers), while I haven’t been using it, I really like how they’ve set up the pricing model for Nova [1] using that same model. I’m happy to pay for new features when I need them, but don’t take things away from me that I already paid for!

[1] https://nova.app

jsmith453y ago

Yeah that sounds a lot like the classic:

buy this software and it comes with a 1 year support contact. You can download any new releases that occur while you have n active support contract. if you don't choose to continue the support contract once it ends, you can continue using the latest version released while you have the contract (and possibly older versions too).

The big difference though is that with this model the consumer gets security, bug fixes, OS compatibility updates, etc even after the subscription/"support contract" has ended. This may have the downsides of possibly getting new bugs over time, or gradually accumulating new menu items etc that you can't use.

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