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Unraid has come out with their new pricing plan.
I have mistakenly said in some comments here before that they were doing away with their lifetime plan. They still have it, but it is just more expensive. They have introduced a couple of cheaper annual subscription plans.
If anyone is still on the fence about buying Unraid, you have a week until the new pricing plan comes into affect.
After seeing so many examples of companies really screwing up their pricing changes, it is refreshing to see Unraid do this so well.
I am personally not a huge fan of unraid, but their new licenses seems based.
One time purchases are not a sustainable income source for long living and updated software products like unraid.
Since they (for now) keeping the ‘legacy licenses’, offer security patches for some time after the license ends and do not restrict access to the system after the license ends means they do not fully follow others like Plex to the enshitification.
One time purchases are not a sustainable income source for long living and updated software products like unraid.
I’m always left scratching my head every time I hear this line. Software subscriptions are a relatively new trend. The majority of software has been single-purchase until then over the last handful of decades. Why did it suddenly stop being sustainable to do so?
Because they released a new version every year or two.
Look at Microsoft Office, Windows, Adobe Suit (Or any other successful software that is still around) All had a new Version every few years where all the new shiny features were locked behind.
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I am personally not a huge fan of unraid, but their new licenses seems based.
One time purchases are not a sustainable income source for long living and updated software products like unraid.
Since they (for now) keeping the ‘legacy licenses’, offer security patches for some time after the license ends and do not restrict access to the system after the license ends means they do not fully follow others like Plex to the enshitification.
I’m always left scratching my head every time I hear this line. Software subscriptions are a relatively new trend. The majority of software has been single-purchase until then over the last handful of decades. Why did it suddenly stop being sustainable to do so?
Because they released a new version every year or two. Look at Microsoft Office, Windows, Adobe Suit (Or any other successful software that is still around) All had a new Version every few years where all the new shiny features were locked behind.
Yes there are exceptions…