Now, in my view, many of them have become soft, lazy and greedy, and they just want to keep milking their old customers over and over again. You see, in the old days, because software developers offered lifetime licenses with free updates, they had to work hard to acquire NEW customers, in order to keep their revenue stream flowing. However, I am not convinced that the yearly subscription model is the way to do it. I fully understand that software developers need to earn a living, and I have absolutely no problem with that. It also makes me feel like I am being milked for all I am worth.ĭon't get me wrong. Will there be any updates? Will they offer any major new features, or just more bug fixes? Who knows? No one but the developer.ĭo you see my point? This is why I am uncomfortable with this whole yearly subscription model. Now I am being asked to fork over another $15.00 - basically by faith - not really knowing what I will get, if anything, during my coming new license year.
Based on the above "What's New" info, for Macintosh users, 5.4.3 has only included a few bug fixes, but no major new features of any kind.
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I am having a problem with this the reason being that over the past year since I acquired my license, there has been only ONE update - 5.4.3. And on and on it goes as long as G-Force exists, I suppose. Recently, I received an email notification informing me that my license was about to expire, and that if I want to enjoy any future updates - and whatever enhancements they may include - for the next year, I need to fork over another $15.00. In my case, I purchased a license for G-Force Platinum 5.4.2 a year ago for $30.00. Sadly, thanks to greedy companies like Adobe, those days are now gone, and many developers - including the G-Force developer - now demand a yearly subscription fee, if we wish to take advantage of the new features in their app that is, assuming that there are any updates during the particular year that our license is in effect. Well, as an old-time Macintosh user, I most certainly do.
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Do you remember the time when kind-hearted software developers would ask you for a one-time payment so that you could use their app for life, and receive all future updates for free as well?