Month: 17 Adar II 5784 (March 2024)

@techsinger @treehousedarren That was back in the days when nobody charged for API access. I think I might have paid 10, and that still won't get you much given the recurring costs involved.

@techsinger @treehousedarren Also that was back in the day when actual lifetime licenses for WordPress plugins and themes was a thing. Obviously that went away because it had to.

@wiljames @treehousedarren The numbers matter because numbers are literally the only thing that matters when it comes to doing business. Everything else is courtesy, and lifetime licenses have always been and will always be completely unsustainable. Licenses, especially software licenses, become not perpetual all the time, and they always have. Companies might grandfather previous purchases in if it makes financial sense to do so, but in a case like this where literally your entire market probably has a previous purchase, this is literally impossible to do if you want the software to survive and continue to be developed. And people being upset about this or demanding that everything just accommodate the world view that says this is about bargains or handshakes or keeping a promise or any of that stuff doesn't change any of this.