[alpaca128]

I don't get it either. I mean yes, I understand that making people pay regularly is nicer for daily users(sometimes) and the developer. But it completely cuts out the users who are willing to pay for products that go beyond "demo version" or "Spyware As A Service" but don't get paid for using it.

In many cases it would be absolutely possible to offer a middle tier that lacks some advanced features but also doesn't greet me with a "Get the Pro version now!"..."Sure you don't want to pay cloud storage for the 2 files you create per month?"

Or offer the full product for a one-year subscription but limited to one year of updates unless I pay again.

[prepend]

> cloud storage for the 2 files you create per month?

This is particularly frustrating because I already pay for cloud storage and don’t want another cloud store. I liked the old days when companies would layer on top of Dropbox instead of trying to sell me a “value not upsell.”

I liked the old ynab where my desktop and phone pushed files to Dropbox. When they switched to saas with their own storage they sucked so much I stopped using them.