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Just Pay the Subscription - by Dustin Bluck - Uncommon Apps
(www.uncommonapps.nyc)
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this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2026
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Subscriptions aren't the only sustainable model. Linux, Blender, VLC are actively maintained without requiring every user to pay a recurring fee. They rely mostly on donations, or one-time funding. And it works
A subscription may be a good model for some apps where they have high user-level server cost. But anywhere else I refuse