Interesting thought! How many years would be reasonable in your opinion? Like 2 years or so?

I have one app that does that annually, but calls it a "pay once for 12 months of upgrades" instead of an "annual plan"... which is basically what it is 😂

Most software just keeps iterating until it becomes a Frankenstein

I feel the "Pay once and get x years of updates" is a good balance

I'm super tired of subscriptions but I  understand that SOME apps need to have that model

Single-payment software destroys incentive for the company to continue iterating and improving on the core user experience/feature set.

Agree or no?

I'd hope so, but unfortunately the market tells a different story. Product teams can only make compromises, they can't fight external pressure from the stock market or venture capital.

True; disciplined product-led teams can fight that though

I think the main difference is you don't have to pay for 12 months of upgrades, you can continue to use the app in its current state forever (if you feel like upgrading, pay more)

I don't think I see an appreciable difference (in terms of iterating/improving) between the best of each that I use, but I def evaluate subs at renewal to see if I got value from them in the past year.

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