I have been acquiring Affinity Designer, Photo, Publisher, and other options to try several and finally use the one that interests me the most. Another example: I just purchased a Capture One Pro license, a standard license, not a subscription that they also offer, and the reason is precisely to abandon Lightroom, the only Creative Cloud program that I use regularly and had no substitute yet. And more if it is exclusively, as Adobe or Microsoft does. But my only interest was to state that there are also others, many in my opinion, others will say the opposite, that we see a problem in that option. And I understand that it has advantages for them and for a type of user. In general, many developers are moving or planning to go to the subscription model. I don’t mind shelling out some major bucks once in a while for an upgrade, but I cannot stand that subscription model because it never feels like you have control of your expenses and that you’re tithed to dolling out $ each month (or annually) just to keep your workflow going. Then we got to version 7 (or something like that) when 1Password started a subscription model, but thankfully also offered a standalone model. I don’t mind paying for upgrades and in fact I have! I’ve been using 1Password for many years now (maybe started with version 3 in 2011!) and with each major update, I opted to pay for the upgrade. I really dislike that psychological burden of subscriptions: it feels like a never ending $ pit. I chose instead to go with TypeIt4Me which seems to be less powerful but good enough and importantly is not on a subscription model. I looked around for a while and opted NOT to go with TextExpander precisely because of its subscription model. My work computer (a PC) has a text expansion tool that my institution pays for, but my home computer which is a Mac doesn’t have such software. When we started working from home, I opted to use my home computer rather than lug back home my work computer. I wonder how many people there keep paying because they have the sunk cost of everything being in TextExpander already. In fact, given these rumors, I have already licensed other options to start preparing for the possible abandonment of DevonThink. And if it is worthwhile for me to continue using a software that at the first change, forces me to export all the work to another program without any other option. Maybe not as much as the previous one, but if they go to subscription, I will have to evaluate very well if my machines will be compatible. And I have upgraded to DT3 paying thinking that I would be able to use that version for a long time. And in the end I have been paying more licenses even than the really used ones. In fact, in DevonThink I have bought several licenses, because they have allowed me to update to the latest versions without forcing me to pay anything. If not, I still use the version compatible with my hardware. As that is not feasible, neither for me nor for the manufacturers, I only plan to continue using software that I can buy with a final license. And if I pay at the price of gold, also diamond service: machines thrown away every year. In this case, you would only do it with a TOTAL renting: hardware and ALL software with open bar. If they don’t allow me to buy the software, they force me to go pirate or to constantly renew the hardware. I even recalled a G3 with classic a few months ago. I’m still using an iMac G5 and two Core Intel 2 Duo (Tiger and El Capitan). I am used to using machines as long as possible. And exclusively because they no longer allow me to use even old versions on my computers “obsolete” for Apple. We'll always be marked by an official flair, and will always love both 1Password and you.I am unsubscribing from all my subscriptions, starting with Creative Cloud and Office. You'll see some friendly people from the 1Password team ready to help you - keep an eye out for /u/1PasswordCS-Blake, /u/agben, u/Zatara214, and more of us!
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