As I said, with such a tiny user base (quite possibly just a FEW THOUSAND persons) of paying users, even if all of them agree to switch to subscriptions and continue paying for longer than it takes to get more than from one-time sales, it still gives such TINY increase of the amounts collected that it is not worth the hassle or could change literally anything. Money should be looked for elswhere, and I wrote earlier where but you clearly either didnât notice or understand.
And how you can know that, if everyone can stop paying anytime?
A huge amount of uncertainty is when everyone can stop paying anytime. Especially in times of economic crisis, war in Europe that might possibly escalate and bring further economic problems, pandemics and other such sh*t. In such times people can get into financial problems and just need to cut less important expenses than rent, food, healthcare, etc. As simple as that.
What âlike you seem to doâ? Iâve been using SFOS for years - the XA2, the 10 III and now the 10 V order is pending. Not to even mention Jolla1 from the first batch in 2013, for insane âŹ399 just to support Jolla. Iâve been with SFOS for 11 years, and the last 4+ years as daily driver. So please cut that cr*p, thank you.
It doesnât take - let me quote you - âfor normal people to behave like childrenâ to stop paying. People get sick, die, get into financial problems and have to reduce expenses, break or lose their phones, and have zillions of other serious MATURE reasons to stop paying at some point. Whereas whatâs once paid upfront just remains paid.
Not constantly. The XA2 simply lacks VoLTE on SFOS, so it at one point it simply became unusable, and soon every other device without VoLTE will become unusable anywhere as all networks gradually switch off 3G and 2G. So it was actually enforced by Jolla (who didnât implement VoLTE on any model below the 10 II) and not your ridiculous âpeople constantly swapping devicesâ.
It is also a good example that even though my XA2âs licence THEORETICALLY remains âPERPETUALâ as Jolla calls it, already in 2022 Jolla decided not to provide VoLTE support to any model below 10 II, actually rendering them useless in the nearest future (in my case already in early 2023, as my mobile network completely switched off 3G and has been gradually reducing 2G coverage and throughput) as without VoLTE one canât make calls if there is no 3G or 2G fallback. So much for alleged PERPETUAL full usability of a licenced SFOS device.
As for my current planned switch to 10 V, yeah, Iâve just put the order on hold and Iâm thinking whether not to cancel it if I am forced to pay subscription. So YES, Jolla will probably succeed in teaching me to be more ecological and environmental-friendly by forcing me to stick with my 10 III rather than buying a new phone and licence after merely 1,5 years, result of which will be not paying them anything anymore (at least in any foreseeable future). A great business model, indeed.
Who and where ever questioned it? Or that it should cost a decent price?
You clearly understood absolutely ZERO from what I wrote to you. Pity.
Iâve been trying to understand Jollaâs situation and âwhy theyâre doing what theyâre doingâ since 2012 despite their regular failures and bad decisions. Now I think that those subscriptions are yet another bad decision (or at least a dead end leading nowhere, wasting time and only discouraging people) so I am expressing my concerns in the very place meant for it, i.e. on their community forum.
But of course there are always people like you who are alergic to any criticism of Jolla, and quickly rush into personal namecalling like this one:
So this is where any further discussion with you becomes completely pointless if instead of any valid arguments that you clearly lack (other than rants about how Android support is important, totally obvious for everyone without you enlighting us), you rush into such personal insults, while not having even properly understood what you were told.
So over and out.
My dog is more intelligent than all those AIs.