> What do you think? Is there are a trend towards > subscription models?
Clearly yes, as you described very well. > How does that affect user freedom? Does the > planned CRA encourage the > trend towards subscription models? I do extremly dislike this kind of products and try to avoid them as much as possible. I do even invest extra time and often go without using such products. Sad as I like to follow and investigate on new concepts and developments. Regards Ursin Solèr Am 24. Oktober 2023 08:28:26 MESZ schrieb Nico Rikken <nico.rik...@fsfe.org>: >Hey FSFE community, > >I really like to hear your points of view on a thought I had. > >The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is set to require companies to keep >providing updates for the lifetime of a product. That will mean an >increased an continued effort (thus cost) by the vendor. > >I expect that this will encourage the practice of subscription models. >In this way the vendor has recurring income and has some control over >the availability of a product or service. Regardless whether these are >SaaS services, physical products products of installable software >applications. Some functionality might be available without using >services, but that would be so limited that it would hardly justify the >purchase and so you are strongly compelled to get the subscription. > >For sure the market will allow for different funding model to compete >and it is ultimately up to users to decide. But take the Adobe Creative >Suite as an example; there are now many artists that are bound to >monthly payment to obtain access to access and modify their work. Or >how about the fitness trackers that need a subscription model to access >the data and analysis for which you bought it in the first place. > >Personally I think the trend towards subscription models is a negative >one as a user is required to keep paying for continued development and >can not decide to be content with the existing version. Worse is that >proprietary standard and access to data are used as leverage to compel >users to sign up and keep the subscription. > >What do you think? Is there are a trend towards subscription models? >How does that affect user freedom? Does the planned CRA encourage the >trend towards subscription models? > >Looking forward to your thoughts, >Nico
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