[vunderba]

While I do recognize those concerns I'll note that it is still a viable model and not just for indie devs. Look to the DAW world (Ableton, FL Studio, Bitwig, Logic, etc.) if you're ever curious about building a sustainable business model around a flat pricing structure.

[eddythompson80]

You listed software that range between $500-$15k. Last time a “I want the option to pay for my software” posts here I replied to was about Infuse. And people complained that “$80 is an absurd amount for a software” and “Why isn’t there a free version?”

A software that costs $500-15k is only feasible for a B2B type business.

[dijksterhuis]

> You listed software that range between $500-$15k.

i’m confused… all versions of the DAWs they mentioned in the parent comment are as near as makes no difference below £500.

> Live 12 Suite: £539

> Live 12 Standard: £259

> Live 12 Intro: £69 (nice)

https://www.ableton.com/en/shop/live/

> FL Studio Full: £469 (nice)

> FL Studio Signature: £279

> FL Studio Producer: £199

> FL Studio Fruity: £89

https://www.image-line.com/fl-studio/compare-editions/

> Bitwig Studio: £339

> Bitwig Studio Producer: £169 (nice)

> Bitwig Studio Essentials: £79

https://www.bitwig.com/buy/

> Logic Pro: £199

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in case you were replying to their original top-level comment

> Photoshop £22.99 pcm (£276 pa)

> Photoshop Photography £19.99 pcm (£240 pa)

> Photoshop All Creative Cloud £59.99 pcm (£720 pa)

this last one ^ bundles all the proprietary adobe “rented” software they mentioned into one package.

https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/plans.html

so even then your figures don’t seem to make sense?

[stringsandchars]

> Photoshop All Creative Cloud £59.99 pcm (£720 pa) > this last one ^ bundles all the proprietary adobe “rented” software they mentioned into one package.

And the worst thing about that 'package' is that if you need (say) just Photoshop + Illustrator - well suddenly the 'cheapest' way to do that is paying for the entire package of garbage that you don't want and will never need.

[vunderba]

Wow. Flat out wrong and/or hallucinated for both DAW software and the original recommendations.

In USD currently:

FL Studio Producer Edition = $180

Logic X = $200

Bitwig Producer = $200

Ableton Standard = $450

Reaper = $60 (personal use) or $225

Pixelmator = $50

Davinci Resolve = Free or $300