Subscription models only make sense for an app/service that have recurring costs. In the case of Lemmy apps, the instances are the ones with recurring hosting costs, not the apps.

If an app doesn’t have recurring hosting costs, it only makes sense to have one up front payment and then maybe in app purchases to pay for new features going forward

  • StarServal@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    As much as I support the developers’ right to profit off their work, I also cannot afford to have everything in my life turn into a reoccurring payment model.

    • LargestDong@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Then don’t. Free version barely has any ads and has 99% of the functionality. Y’all a bunch of babies.