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by angry_octet 1798 days ago
Can confirm that the only way I could buy a subscription tool would be with my own money, they stress of buying it at work would be insane. Every monthly credit card charge would require someone to code it against the requisition, have that approved, then file in the records management system. Just purchasing software once is painful. We haven't even got to the part about installing it. You can imagine their happiness about mitmproxy.

Generally I try to buy the tool and three years of support upfront. Otherwise I'm at risk of it being deleted because we can't have software if it doesn't have a support contract 'in case there are bugs'. These rules are written by cretins in 'IT' and accountants.

Anyway, put the bit about flexible licencing on your order page.