I decided to try the $2.50 per month subscription based on a few things
Revison history for apps. As some of my Macs have aged out I’m running into not being able to run the latest software and I hate searching a developers webpage for previous versions. Half the time it’s not there and I’ve got to send an email
Bundles - If further discounts on bundles pays for the subscription I might keep it even if it goes to $5 per month. They’ll have to entice new developers because bundles with apps that have already been in multiple bundles isn’t going to add much value.
Macupdate Desktop - I’ll be doing a bake off between this and MacUpdater 2.0. I know MUD will be nicer looking but we’ll see how accuracy and performance stack up as well.
We’ll see if they can keep me as a loyal customer. I certainly wasn’t going to pay $40 annually for software updates considering half my apps are MAS and the others have solid update mechanism.
I know that MacUpdater has a major update planned, but I have no idea if it will be subscription or not.
$2.50 * 12 = $30. So it’s cheaper than the $40/year they have been charging, at least. But $5 * 12 = $60/year and to me that’s way overpriced for what they’ve offered, and I can’t imagine that their terrible app is going to be worth it.
I might sign up just to lock in the $2.50 price and cancel it later if it turns out to be disappointing.
Exactly my strategy. I’ll try the $30 and see what kind of user experience and deals they have. If I’m impressed I’ll make the decision on whether it’s worth $60 a year.
