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by msarca 387 days ago
When version 2 is out, you will have the option to upgrade for a fee or to continue to use version 1 for free for as long as you like.
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That's a fine business model (similar to Jetbrains) but your ad copy is a bit misleading:

From the pricing page:

"Enjoy the benefits of our lifetime license and get access to all features and upcoming updates with a one-off payment"

It's not misleading, it's simply not factually correct or their intention.
I think that this is a disingenuous use of the (legacy) term 'Lifetime license'. No-one who hasn't recently been screwed over by a software house like 4K Video Downloader [1] would think that 'lifetime' only covered the current lead version number.

A new term such as 'All version [n] updates included' (or something less clunky) needs to be found. At least one could Google it and understand the proposition, if its meaning was not clear - but 'lifetime license' is massively deceptive.

[1] https://reddit.com/r/4kdownloadapps/comments/1hbmdpn/really_...

The fact that every single person that brings this up is met with a form of "we don't see a problem, you're just reading it wrong" is a bad sign for the future of this project.
The product's value is not given by its pricing model, and the future is bright.
It is not, because you do get a lifetime license. Of course you don't get free "lifetime updates", but you can keep using the version you have paid for as long as you want.