When I was in college, back around 1992, I worked at the University of Texas on-campus computer store. I just think that the people who would buy in at the first month might balk at the need to actually learn how to use it. However, if anyone tried to experiment with multiplying the user base 250 times by dropping the price to a dollar, I wouldn’t complain. It would be great if it could be less money, and I understand that I’m coming from #firstworldproblems, but I get a lot of value from this and I think the pricing is fair. There are a lot of things I can’t afford as a hobbyist, but I count myself lucky to be able to afford this at less than a dollar a day.
I see a lot of value in this as it is already, and I expect more to come. I can’t imagine that development could progress without a consistent revenue stream, and these people are taking a gamble with this, so they get to decide how they keep a committed workforce delivering an improved product every two weeks.
I like the way the program is developing, and how it keeps pace with user requests for better ux and features. If the program was $1 a year, would 250 times more people buy it? I dunno, I’m not an economist, and I have no idea how that might translate to a digital economy.Įven if it was to be reduced in price, I’m locked in at 250 a year, so I might see no benefit… This is a FANTASTIC piece of software, and I’d love to see it in the hands of more people. But $239 is still a hard pill to swallow for a whole lot of potential users. Not everyone needs to print, but the free version’s 3D exports are unusable for most printing. Maybe $1.99 an export (look at some of the stock photo sites for an example…you might purchase a package of tokens for $49.99 low-res photos might take one token, high res photos might cost two tokens)? How about a $9.99 version that gives you the option to export a certain number of high-poly printable files per month…maybe 5? Or have a lower-price version and allow users to purchase “tokens” for prints. So it’s $29.99 a month unless you pay the annual rate, which technically brings it down to $19.99. Even a $14.99 a month would work better, but the big problem with the $239 rate is that it’s dependent on paying for the whole year, and many hobbyists can’t afford that. Still, there needs to be a plan that works for hobbyists.
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