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submitted 2 days ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I wouldn't mind renting software, if only subscription-based software was such that you only paid the money for the subscription. It would be a fine way of using something for a short term, and a fine way to get some sort of guarantee that the software is maintained.

But you'll also end up paying with your data that they sell out.

[–] camelbeard@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe for the short term, but there is software you use every day, for years. Some android apps I have been using since 2014.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 1 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Reverse question: would you maintain a program that you wrote 11 years ago if it wasn't making you money?

[–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 hours ago

I do that, so I can say “yes” with conviction.

[–] camelbeard@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

No, but I also don't expect that as a user. It is also fine if the developer makes version 2.0 and I can decide to buy the new version or not. Before the internet this was pretty much how it worked, a new version came on a new floppy or disc you'd buy in a store.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 0 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Then again, application software wasn't cheap. Given inflation, would you pay a thousand bucks for a lifetime license of a piece of software that didn't get any updates ever?

[–] camelbeard@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

I was too young to really buy software but the most expensive game I bought as a kid was 40 guilders. If use and inflation correction calculator and convert to euros that game in 1995 would be 36 euros in todays money, about 40 dollars. This was a gameboy game.

A pc game back then was between 50 and 60 dollars (converted with inflation).

But this was all in a physical store, where you would get an actual box, book, cartridge or disc, etc.