On1 Plus - With an Annual Fee: Pretty soon, we'll be paying subscription fees for just about everything. On1 is offering On1 Plus. For $50 annually, you get the program, videos...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Pretty soon, we'll be paying subscription fees for just about everything. On1 is offering On1 Plus. For $50 annually, you get the program, videos, Loyalty Rewards, etc. I already get the Loyalty Rewards, but I guess I'll have to start paying if I want to continue getting them.

AndyH Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire

As I’ve suggested before, I think this is the new business model. We will be seeing a lot more of it in the future.

Andy

fourg1b2006 Loc: Long Island New York

I was wondering how long it would take them to do this. I guess the wondering is over.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

fourg1b2006 wrote:

I was wondering how long it would take them to do this. I guess the wondering is over.

Quicken, too. I'll keep using my 2014 version until it doesn't work anymore. I've been using Quicken since 1987. I find it very handy for looking up when I bought something, how much it cost, model number, etc.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

AndyH wrote:

As I’ve suggested before, I think this is the new business model. We will be seeing a lot more of it in the future.

Andy

This model is a win-win for both companies and endusers - lower cost to use, better software, more frequent updates/upgrades, bigger market share, lower cost of production, higher profits.

dpfoto Loc: Cape Coral, FL

bye bye On1

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

jerryc41 wrote:

Quicken, too. I'll keep using my 2014 version until it doesn't work anymore. I've been using Quicken since 1987. I find it very handy for looking up when I bought something, how much it cost, model number, etc.

Yup!
My quicken is the 2007 version. It does what I require.

I hope that my editors (that also do what I need) will continue to run with future Windows updates when I have to migrate to a new computer!

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

That is ON1 Plus. You get video training and a few more perks. On1 Raw, the processing software, is a onetime buy if I am not mistaken.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

dpfoto wrote:

bye bye On1

Wow!

Excellent software becomes completely undesirable because of an unfamiliar payment option. I guess there is some logic here, but I don't see it. I love On1, and I don't care if I pay for it once a year which seems to be their development cycle for a new version, or I pay for it once a month, as long as the sum of the monthly payments does not exceed the lump sum. The software will be exactly the same either way.

Satman Loc: Indy

I often wonder how long any of us would work for free and continue to support the client that desires our service,

Many programmers work for free, they just do not eat or live very well, yet they continue to produce the latest and greatest..

Thank God for the good times, and the programmers..😜

traderjohn Loc: New York City

jerryc41 wrote:

Pretty soon, we'll be paying subscription fees for just about everything. On1 is offering On1 Plus. For $50 annually, you get the program, videos, Loyalty Rewards, etc. I already get the Loyalty Rewards, but I guess I'll have to start paying if I want to continue getting them.

0.136986301 US$ a day. Wow, tough decision.

Julian Loc: Sarasota, FL

dpfoto wrote:

bye bye On1

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

traderjohn wrote:

0.136986301 US$ a day. Wow, tough decision.

Yes, it does add up fast!

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Gene51 wrote:

Wow!

Excellent software becomes completely undesirable because of an unfamiliar payment option. I guess there is some logic here, but I don't see it. I love On1, and I don't care if I pay for it once a year which seems to be their development cycle for a new version, or I pay for it once a month, as long as the sum of the monthly payments does not exceed the lump sum. The software will be exactly the same either way.

If software does what I need, why pay for upgrades I don't need?
Some of my software is as old as 2003, some probably older.
(I'm still using a Galaxy S-III phone. It meets my needs perfectly.)

camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

Jerry, I bought Affinity Photo a couple of months ago at a reasonable $40. It is now my main editor. It has everything I need and more. There are plenty of on-line tutorials for anyone who wants to learn how to operate it.
I am very happy with it.