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By: Subscription stuff

Subscription stuff — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 02:54:50 +0000

I wrote a couple of weeks ago about NewsGator's subscription plans, and the way our desktop products (NewsGator Outlook...[more]

By: More Fun With Subscription-Based Pricing

More Fun With Subscription-Based Pricing — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 00:31:17 +0000

Nick Bradbury put up a post earlier this week about FeedDemon going to a subscription model. FeedDemon was acquired by NewsGator several months ago and - as part of NewsGator’s effort to “normalize” (and simplify) our product sales approach, we started the process of shifting FeedDemon to subscription pricing to match up with NewsGator’s pricing model. This was in advance of a point release of FeedDemon (1.6) which will have the NewsGator synchronization engine fully integrated along with a other features. None of us expected 100 comments within 48 hours. A few clear themes emerged from the comments. A group of us, including me, Nick,...[more]

By: Subscription Software... Services vs Products

Subscription Software... Services vs Products — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 22:30:23 +0000

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By: Ted Tschopp

Ted Tschopp — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 21:32:02 +0000

You know the final deciding reason I ended up purchasing Feedemon over NewsGator was that NewsGator was a subscription model, and Feeddemon wasn’t. I tried using both pieces of software, and ended up taking the one I knew wouldn’t expire.

I have purchased (and sold) software on a subscription model, and never felt good about it, and after several years of re-newing I found that I would always migrate off the ‘rental’ model onto a piece of software I owned.

By: Subscription Software... Services vs Products

Subscription Software... Services vs Products — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 18:20:05 +0000

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By: Philip Rieck

Philip Rieck — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 17:04:49 +0000

Dirk, The problem with that comparison is that with anti-virus software you receive a service – updated virus definitions. When the subscription runs out, the software still performs it’s functions, just withoutdated definitions.

With the new newsgator model (assuming you use the online services), once the subscription runs out you lose both the service and the software.

By: Dirk Rombauts

Dirk Rombauts — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 16:32:36 +0000

I think subscriptions is a valid business model. I realize I may not be making myself popular here, but take a moment to think about antivirus software. You buy a box for, say, 50 EUR, and you get one year of updates. If you want another year of updates, you have to pay another 50 EUR. This doesn't stop people from buying anti-virus software. So why not take this business model to RSS?

Because anti-virus is essential for the health of a pc, but rss is not? Well, many of us use rss for work, so in a sense, rss is essential too.

I feel that as long as the newsgator service delivers, it is worth 20 USD a year. I can read RSS for free, yes - I can use and have used SharpReader, but I can't get synchronize between home and work with it.

By: Iskai

Iskai — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 17:12:07 +0000

What about those who’ve already paid for FeedDaemon?