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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 7654926" data-attributes="member: 37579"><p>DDI wasn't fun at the end, but that's not why I hate subscriptions. </p><p></p><p>Paying for patches and necessary fixes is annoying. (I also hate it when an app suggests I rebuy it because they redesigned the app.) Similarly, paying a monthly fee to use a product I already bought always feels like extortion. "Here's the sample of the content. To get everything we need even more money." That's the MMO model, and even those programs are moving away. </p><p></p><p>Paying for a server seems unneeded, when the program is designed to be used locally. Uploading a player handout to some remote server so it can be downloaded onto other devices seems silly when all might be connected on my local network. Especially when there's so many free services out there, like Dropbox. (I know HeroLabs lets you store characters on Dropbox.) If sharing pictures or digital handouts, I just use iMessenge at my table to send to iPads. </p><p></p><p>Paying to share content also seems problematic. The best way to get people excited about the program is to see what other people are doing. When you look at see the cool stuff other people are doing with a program it inspires you to try harder. If that's behind a paywall then that content is invisible to most users.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 7654926, member: 37579"] DDI wasn't fun at the end, but that's not why I hate subscriptions. Paying for patches and necessary fixes is annoying. (I also hate it when an app suggests I rebuy it because they redesigned the app.) Similarly, paying a monthly fee to use a product I already bought always feels like extortion. "Here's the sample of the content. To get everything we need even more money." That's the MMO model, and even those programs are moving away. Paying for a server seems unneeded, when the program is designed to be used locally. Uploading a player handout to some remote server so it can be downloaded onto other devices seems silly when all might be connected on my local network. Especially when there's so many free services out there, like Dropbox. (I know HeroLabs lets you store characters on Dropbox.) If sharing pictures or digital handouts, I just use iMessenge at my table to send to iPads. Paying to share content also seems problematic. The best way to get people excited about the program is to see what other people are doing. When you look at see the cool stuff other people are doing with a program it inspires you to try harder. If that's behind a paywall then that content is invisible to most users. [/QUOTE]
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