That's absolutely ridiculous for a basic utility like this. Now on my Windows PC I see it's $30-something on sale. That was a fair price I was happy to pay. I've used FileBot for years with a $9 purchase on the Mac App Store. They're siphoning Adobe users left and right for one simple reason - people hate subscriptions for basic tools that don't substantially change over time. Just look at the success Serif has had with their Affinity suite of software. People hate to even subscribe to Adobe software. Nobody wants a subscription for basic utilities like this. You can purchase and download FileBot directly from our website if you go for the affordable 1 year universal license option. The Microsoft Store supports only life-time licenses and is thus priced accordingly. The new short-term / long-term license model allows me to offer affordable short-term licenses in exchange for expensive long-term licenses, which makes it much easier for new users to get started, and allows for continuous support for long-term users. Have you considered going for the affordable 1 year license for 6 USD instead of going for an expensive life-time license? I understand the confusion about older builds being available for free still, but there's reason to keep them around for now for users that otherwise wouldn't be able to use FileBot at all. People using deprecated builds builds just leads to support requests (linked because posted today) and a general waste of time for everyone.

I will most certainly not advertise deprecated builds, that are already partially broken, and will completely break in the not so distant future. I'll be a lot happier if I can offer FileBot to everyone, and not just Windows 10 and Mac users. It's necessary for Linux, but it's viable because of Windows 7 users. I'm actively working on my own traditional licensing system, so that I can offer FileBot (paid) for any and all platforms that can run FileBot. There's no technical reason for that, hence I'm on the defensive there. I do feel sorry for Windows 7 and Linux users that want to purchase FileBot but can't. However, lack of commercial support for other platforms is unfortunate.

I say this as someone who donated to the project before it was compulsory.įileBot is $20 on the Windows and Mac App Store. You don't realize it but you're on a defensive mindset, this usually happens when projects that used to be (effectively) free start to charge people. I'm sure the kind of users that actually go out of their way to find and use your application would be able to deal with that. Doing this it's not new, especially in the FLOSS world. Just posting a link to older versions and clearly stating that they're now unsupported would be the honest way to go. It would seem like bait and switch tactics from a users point of view who starts using a free product which then unexpectedly breaks (which undoubtedly I'd be accused of causing) and is then asked to upgraded to a paid working product. I will not and cannot recommend using older builds, because they may not work well, and may not work at all in the future. You're just hoping people aren't proactive and won't start doing the research themselves. The honest thing to do would state that people are free to download a previous version on SF if they want, but if they want newer versions with updated feature and bug fixes, they'll need to buy it.

Filebot lifetime license