Sarcasm transfered pretty well my friend :)
Le 01/09/2014 09:10, Tim Leydecker a écrit :
> On 08/30/14 13:23, Tim Leydecker wrote:
>> I really like the concept of making monthly payments
>> the prime and only option for earning your access to something.
..
>> It´s genius.
>>
>> No more pressure.
>>
>> Just one more nail to the coffin.
English is not my mother´s tongue. I am not sure how well my sarcasm
transfered.
Also, when I said that I don´t mind paying subscription in my follow
up post,
I had the previous licensing model in mind, where paying subscription
could give
you a bonus over just buying individual updates now and then, as an
annual fee
covered all updates and patches available. Even back then, I expressed
my firm
dissaproval about Extensions made specifically for subscriptions
customers only,
as that was just another tool to push people into subscription by
makeing them
"miss" something otherwise.
That said, Thanks Jason for calculating a ballpark figure.
I´d like to point out that taking away mother nature´s ability to
reproduce
as a default and replacing it with a genetic modification that requires
a license fee for every sowing is something to be inspired by, too.
Especially if it can be enforced using laws.
This way of doing things might not be desireable at all. Regardless of
where it´s applied.
Cheers,
tim
On 31.08.2014 21:09, Jason S wrote:
On 08/30/14 13:23, Tim Leydecker wrote:
I really like the concept of making monthly payments
the prime and only option for earning your access to something.
Well, say over a 5 year period,
185 (monthly) * 12 * 5 = 11,100
1,470 (yearly) * 5 = 7,350
And on sub:
~4,000 + (~500 * 4) = 6000
Apart from how selling in bitesize chunks can be so much more
profitable,
it also has the 'advantage' of making subsequent increases (only)
*look* much smaller.
But as 'SheepFactory' from cgTalk put it when rental options were
introduced,
Nobody hated Adobe for renting their software suite, they hated
them for making that the only choice and forcing it on customers.
(while he may have a point, I think 'hate' should be more like 'firm
dissaproval')
Also from then,
Quote:
Bass said that Adobe's success made Autodesk more confident about the
feasibility of rental pricing, but suggested that Autodesk's move
wouldn't be quite as aggressive.
wouldn't be quite/"as aggressive/" *just YET*
from
:http://www.cgchannel.com/2013/09/autodesk-launches-pay-as-you-go-pricing-for-max-maya/
Autodesk FAQs states:
“/Rental plans are provided in addition to perpetual licences. //*
Autodesk is committed to providing you the flexibility to
choose.*/”
right.. "committed"
and from the latest article:
140829_AutodeskPerpetualLicences
<http://www.cgchannel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/140829_AutodeskPerpetualLicences.jpg>
//
*Decision to drop software upgrades helped drive revenues*
Bass’s remarks were made in the context of Autodesk’s recent
*/record/ *second-quarter earnings:
attributed in part*/to the decision to /*/*discontinue upgrades
of its software next year*//**//*driving subscription revenue*//./
And THAT is what all these moves (if not the company itself) are all
about.
No need to look any further.
On 08/30/14 13:23, Tim Leydecker wrote:
I really like the concept of making monthly payments
the prime and only option for earning your access to something.
It works great for cabletv, your landline, internet access, gas, water,
the rent, healthcare, insurances, the works.
In a way, even citizenship is granted on the basis of being expected
to pay back for being born in a similar system, where you are to
contribute
monthly or yearly with your taxes but transfer your right to decide
about
what´s going to happen with that money to someone else supposed to
know it better.
It´s a very well evolved system with centuries old tools to enforce
regular
payment and the least amount of hassle for the one sitting on the
receiving end.
It´s genius.
No more pressure.
Just one more nail to the coffin.
Cheers,
tim
P.S: The Unreal Engine model is nice, you can log in once for a
reasonable fee,
get the tools you need, learn based on that and only really need to
part with
your money once you´ve earned some...
