It happened after owning their product on Mac and iOS for well under a year, and felt like a punitive shift for casual users. ![]() Was I annoyed at their new model? Yes I was. I was using Ulysses for occasional projects, but not notes some years ago until they switched to their new scheme. Not an exact switch as I use it for notes as well now, but recently bought iA Writer which will be used for notes and the extremely rare longer form writing that I do. I often use Spotify for a couple of months, stop for a period, then jump back on. ![]() Hat tip to Spotify for doing things right. I'm also fine with annual fee for updates approach where there is significant development or backend costs. I'm fine with subscriptions for services, but never for software. For odds and ends, I've tried Notes (which I find limited and clunky), Quiver (which I like, but the promised iOS version hasn't appeared years now), and now FSNotes (which is free to install yourself, or very cheap via the App Store).įor passwords I rely on the keychain, but also keep things in Enpass (macOS and iOS non-subscription). Scrivener is not free, of course, but there are plenty of Ulysses-type apps around from free (e.g. I was already using Scrivener for large writing projects and hoped to use Ulysses for small pieces and odds and ends. Ulysses and Airmail used the same bait and switch tactic. I bought both on iOS and macOS and can no longer use either. I've been defrauded by Ulysses and Airmail. The old days of: "I have a license key and can use that forever to activate the software I paid for" are clearly coming to an end. It's pretty frightining, that every company could pull this off, even after paying premium prices in the past. The AppStores need some clear rules there. With the recent move of Airmail, it's getting problematic though. Oh, and I happily pay for a subscription of a weather app (WeatherPro) lol. I will switch next year, I think, I didn't yet because I didn't have the time to deal with the migration of my huge lightroom catalogue.Īirmail? Yeah, uninstalled everywhere. They also move to a cloud based solution which I don't want, I just want to edit photos on my PC and have all my photos on my hard drives. I always bought the Lightroom update every now and then, and sticked to my old ass Photoshop license from my time as a student. I HATE the adobe subscription model, I don't need that. I'm into photography, and used Lightroom since version 1. I consider other options next year, when my subscription renews. I think 1Password is worth it, simply because it works so ****ing great and I don't have to care for anything but my master password and the secret on new devices. I'm interested in hearing all the apps that people are unhappy about that are moving to subscriptions and what their choices for alternatives are. ![]() Standalone apps for purchase are welcome tooįor example, in this thread 1Password's subscription based pricing takes a beating and several alternatives are listed such as:Īnother example would be the thread about AirMail found here.Then list an alternative app(s) to replace the subscription based app.List apps (macOS or iOS) that have moved or are moving to subscription based pricing.I don't notice it being that extreme, but I am interested in what others have to say about it, and alternatives. I personally don't care for subscriptions either, but there are a few that I pay:īut the sentiment appears to be that apps moving to subscriptions is rampant and unchecked (and forced on users). Based on several recent threads, it appears there is a huge aversion to paying subscriptions versus having a standalone app to purchase.
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