Name: jojomen
Topic: Licence subscriptions
TIme needed: 5 minutes
Substitute: None, but I hope my question is to the point
- What developer subscription options will there be?
The SFOS app ecosystem relies on individual efforts, with no feasible way to recuperate costs. Making sure an app works and looks ok means testing on many devices, which would make subscription costs high for the developer. As a result, developers will be incentivized to limit testing.
- Will Jolla offer an option to pay for longer periods at a time?
There’s lots of discussion in the forum right now. I support Jolla’s decision to move to a subscription model and I hope it will provide you with a steady revenue stream. (I have in fact been “subscribing” to SFOS by hoarding licences.) In general, I think we need to accept that maintenance and development are ongoing activities (and ongoing costs).
However, my experience is that monthly recurring intra-EU payments don’t work well, for reasons unknown, and I instead rely on paying upfront for longer periods. I also see other community members voicing concerns over monthly payments, even if they support the subscription model as such.
(Edited to add question about developer options. And again to link a relevant post. And again to remove question already answered in Community News.)