Comment by lapcat
25 days ago
> I wonder what would happen if you tried selling software the old way again. "Buy our software! Pay once. We'll mail you out a USB stick with the program on it. Our software does not access the internet."
FWIW all of my Mac and iOS apps are upfront paid, with no telemetry or server-side component.
Of course I don't distribute them via snail mail though.
I'm doing pretty well. I'm certainly not rich, and probably not making as much money as corporate software engineers in the US, but I'm doing better financially than the majority of people. It's not impossible to follow the old business model.
I preferentially select for this software model. What applications to you make and where might I find them?
I eagerly and quickly pay for major version upgrades to the independent software I buy. I’d like that model to stick around.
> What applications to you make and where might I find them?
https://underpassapp.com
Thank you. Just bought StopTheMadness Pro and StopTheScript.
How do you know they don't have telemetry?
I wrote them. I'm baffled by your question.
I (and presumably the commenter you're responding to) initially read "all of my Mac and iOS apps" as "all of the Mac and iOS apps I use" instead of "all of the Mac and iOS apps I've written".
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