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Opinion: Are subscription-based apps the future, or will they implode?

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/subscription.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500&h=750)</div><p>The decision of the popular writing app <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/ulysses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ulysses[/url] to switch from a one-off purchase to a monthly or annual subscription has attracted a <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/08/10/ulysses-subscription-pricing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">great deal of criticism[/url]. Here’s a sprinkling of views from the comments.</p>

<p>Subscribe to a text editor? I’m out.</p>
<p>I bought this on iOS last week. As far as I’m concerned, that was a total waste of money now they’re moving to this subscription model.</p>
<p>This “rent your software” crap needs to stop, and people need to stop defending it.</p>
<p>Ulysses is a great app and I wish the developers all the best, but I’m out, looking for alternatives.</p>
<p>Read: “Popular iOS and Mac writing app Ulysses Digs Its Own Grave and Gets In”</p>

<p>The company, of course, has its own rationale …</p>
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