[lwhi]

I love Magnet and also paid for it. Coming from Linux to Mac, I _rarely_ pay for any kind of utility .. but I did here. Maybe that says something in itself.

Subscriptions for desktop software sucks; but I can deal with yearly licenses .. assuming the app is maintained, you have a chance to actively consider the value you're getting before renewal. A subscription feels far more passive.

[twodave]

I resonate with this. I can even stomach the JetBrains subscription if I rationalize that this is the equivalent for paying again for e.g. the 2024 edition. And they are good about letting you continue to use the software as of your last paid update.

I can’t rationalize paying monthly or even annually for something I expect to continue working exactly the same. Continued development on something like that almost guarantees it’s going to eventually change in a way I don’t want it to, anyway.

Edit: except in the cases where the monthly subscription is paying for supporting infrastructure, of course. That’s easy to rationalize.

[hansvm]

> except in the cases where the monthly subscription is paying for supporting infrastructure

How do you feel about cases where there is supporting infrastructure, but that infrastructure is artificial and just designed to allow subscription fees?

[twodave]

Hard to make a blanket statement here, but if I get absolutely nothing out of it then it’s probably a hard pass from me.