Mark has a great idea with the subscription model, for all the reasons he stated. I have often wondered how app developers survive if they rely on one-off purchases so the suggestion is not at all heretical, just seems like common sense. Over the many years I have been a user the average cost of updates would have been no more than a few dollars per year ($10? $15?) and I would happily switch to that instead of paying for a new version every 2-3 years.
Martin On Wednesday, June 1, 2022 at 9:31:59 AM UTC+12 Mark Levison wrote: > Good to see all the old timers crawl out of the woodwork. I'm going to > offer a suggestion that appears alot of the Mac world at the moment that > would help Andrey and in the long run help us. > > Switching to a subscription model. Many iOS apps have done this in the > past few years to provide a stable income stream for their creators and > steady stream. > > Benefits: > - Steady income allows the app developer to keep people on staff > - Features can be released as it's useful and not a big bang i.e. v5 or 6 > - where if you don't get your feature in that release you wait another > 12-18 mth release cycle > > Others who have done the same transition gave existing app owners, > permanent access to all existing features. One app (either Drafts or > Fantastical), simply made all existing "Pro" features free and then the > subscription unlocked the new features. There were other safeguards put in > place, but the key idea is existing users didn't lose anything, > > Greg Pierce (of Drafts), discussed his journey on the MacPowerUsers > Podcast: https://www.relay.fm/mpu/639 > > When I find the interview with the Fantastical founder I will share. > > I know for some this is hersey and so Andrey will need to reflect > carefully. Frankly I think it's Andrey's path to long term sustainability. > I would even give up my free license that I won years ago and pay for a > subscription. > > Cheers > Mark > > On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 3:34 PM imajeff <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Agreed; I too have used MLO since before there was a version number >> (syncing with my Microsoft PDA before a smart phone was possible). >> Ten years later I thought the difficulty with daily usage would be solved >> but now, even that was a long time ago and I struggle to maintain tasks. It >> seems mostly changing what would help me could hinder some other way >> someone uses it. Internally, it might require much planning plus a big >> rewrite, but they don't have funding to just hire another team to develop a >> whole new idea in parallel. Would be like a competition to see who wins >> becoming the next release (it's what Microsoft has done, and just drop the >> one that didn't win). >> >> But if they will redo it at least enough to allow some scripting language >> to check and modify things triggered by events, that would be a great start >> so others can help make normal usage work the way they need, sharing the >> ideas. Let's make MLO great again >> >> On Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at 9:48:28 AM UTC-6 daniel wrote: >> >>> Mark, That is simply the best description of my MLO usage ever. I also >>> have been around nearly as long. The 'exact' same thoughts: "Easy to plan >>> with, Easy to keep track of everything. Hard to live with on a day to day >>> basis" OMG I'm married to MLO! >>> >>> On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 8:11 PM Mark Levison <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> @Hienz you’ve just summarized my entire MLO relationship for as long as >>>> I’ve used the app. Which apparently dates back 17yrs almost to the day. >>>> >>>> Easy to plan with, Easy to keep track of everything. Hard to live with >>>> on a day to day basis, which is why I eventually wind up abandoning it >>>> every few years. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Mark - an early user and former forum admin >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/5edda503-6a18-4efa-bb1d-e95cc1fa4b7an%40googlegroups.com.
