It’s not a subscription… Yet. The nice thing is that you can just decide not to pay and you won’t lose access or anything. You just won’t get active development either.
Which I want to say sounds fair - but a lot of companies start with this premise and then it gets handed over to some MBA who decides the most long-term loyal customers are not being squeezed enough. Even just this week I recommended unraid to someone. Now though…
I’d say that’s up for debate. Subscription to me is that it’s required to continue using the product. We all know if you stop paying for Netflix you don’t get to stream anymore.
This is more akin to if Netflix said “If you stop paying us you can continue watching what is currently in our catalog, but you won’t be able to watch anything new that comes out until you resubscribe”.
This is more akin to “If you stop paying us, it’s a matter of time until your network gets hacked through some known vulnerability that was published a year ago.”
It’s not a subscription… Yet. The nice thing is that you can just decide not to pay and you won’t lose access or anything. You just won’t get active development either.
Which I want to say sounds fair - but a lot of companies start with this premise and then it gets handed over to some MBA who decides the most long-term loyal customers are not being squeezed enough. Even just this week I recommended unraid to someone. Now though…
Yeah I just deployed an unraid server for someone so this isn’t fantastic news…but alternatives exist if/when shit happens.
If they’re not offering security updates then it’s a subscription.
I’d say that’s up for debate. Subscription to me is that it’s required to continue using the product. We all know if you stop paying for Netflix you don’t get to stream anymore.
This is more akin to if Netflix said “If you stop paying us you can continue watching what is currently in our catalog, but you won’t be able to watch anything new that comes out until you resubscribe”.
This is more akin to “If you stop paying us, it’s a matter of time until your network gets hacked through some known vulnerability that was published a year ago.”