The only time I ever fell for a "lifetime" software purchase was back when Trillian (the IM client) was popular. That lasted less than 5 years. Then they released "Astas", which was just a UI refresh, but they treated it like it was a whole new company and product. "Lifetime" is always a scam.

[–] ShortFuse@lemmy.world 55 points 7 months ago (20 children)

I'm enjoying my Plex one and Nexus Mods. The latter one was in 2013 and cost me $40. Today the yearly subscription is $70.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Something about paying for mods seems so wrong to me

[–] vodka@lemm.ee 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

You're not paying for mods though, you're paying for faster downloads and no ads.

[–] ShortFuse@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Also you're supporting modders through Donation Points. Creators get real money proportional to mod download count. The mods are still free, to clarify.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

$40 or these days $70 yearly for that?!? Jesus

[–] vodka@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

Oh yeah I mean, it's expensive. But if you're very much into modding and like me don't like your gbit download speed to be limited to 3mbit or whatever the free thing is... I get paying it.

I wouldn't pay for what yearly costs now, but the 40eur lifetime price 10 years ago sure wasn't a bad deal.

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