Ia writer license11/20/2023 ![]() ![]() The go/no-go criteria for buying into a subscription with such a tool would be the availability of a perpetual license, or a guaranteed continued use even if at a limited feature set (e.g. for a tool that has been as important for my daily workflows as DT/DTTG. I find this more painful than the actual subscription itself.Īs to subscriptions in general - I probably would be most interested in using software from sustainably operating companies. While app purchases on iOS can be shared with family members (if the author enables it, I assume), in-app purchases cannot, and most subscriptions seem to be based on this mechanism. So I could understood developers who want to adapt this model, but the developers should too understood users who want to support app but who don’t like the subscription model. But developers are free people, they will do what they want (and what apple allows )Īpparently Apple really “encourage” developers to using subscription model (due to better promotion of subscription-based apps, and better cut for developers - Apple takes only 15% cut in the subscription model after a year). If developers need to introduce subcription model I would prefer Agenda model (you pay once and you have new features for a year, then you need to pay again) or another in which you could have either subscription or standalone app for price of ~2years or even more if yearly subscription cost is cheap,example of that approach is iA Writer). I happily paid for desktop Devonthink3 and then after several months I updated it to Pro version (fortunately developers propose a discount for student). (Not only me, people from iA Writer don’t like it too, and they wrote why the subscriptions aren’t good idea for all ) Ībout $25 /year subscription I would really hesitate. ![]() I would pay a 30-40 € for full version or one year of new feature updates (or maybe even more if mobile app would be more on par with desktop). For software, subscription models seem logical,however they are a contract with the user, you pay we will keep it moving forward transparently and regularly. I doubt many would ever consider DTTG as a viable standalone app, given the alternatives, but paired with a Mac version its still the best option out there.Īs a developer it is getting harder and harder to exist on new business, so other models need to be considered. I did try moving notes to Drafts (which I use everyday) but having the notes and the reference material in one place is for me a much better situation.ĭo I expect a "fully featured DTTG? no, would I expect it to take a leap forward and embrace modern iPad features? yes. The ability to include indexed files and smart groups in DTTG would pretty much cement my commitment. ![]() Parity between MacOS and iOS I think would be near impossible given the breadth of the Mac version. For me its about convenience rather than features. As probably a relatively light user of DT storing invoices, code dev articles PDF’s and bookmarks I would likely pay for a subscription for DTTG. ![]()
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