To the people in this thread saying “don’t buy lifetime”, how is that any different than a perpetual license? Your alternative is subscription based… I’d definitely prefer perpetual to subscription.

[–] Tolstoshev@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Lionel Hutz: Mr. Simpson, this is the most blatant case of fraudulent advertising since my suit against the film, "The Never-Ending Story"

[–] neo@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago

That’s totally inappropriate. It’s lewd, lascivious, salacious, outrageous. - Jackie Chiles

[–] nikscha@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's why open source rules

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I use a lot of open source apps which aren't as polished, the UIs need work, they're clunky, and they won't enshittify.

[–] nikscha@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago

Yeah and there's just as many paid for programs with the same issues... What's your point? Want me to show you some open source programs that are polished? Heard of blender before? That's not the point I was making anyway... The issue with non foss software is that you have ZERO control over it. Big corporations can decide to drop support at any moment or make a free tier paid.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago

Whelp... the Affinity Suite was pretty awesome and robust. Too bad they never did a proper linux port.

[–] omxxi@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago

I've bought VPN lifetime several times, 2 of them have disappeared, 2 are still running. On the other hand, just think about it from the company point of view, lifetime support is not a sustainable business model, so it necessarily must be a scam.