What is the most useless app that you have seen being given as a subscription?

For me, I tried a ‘minimalist’ launcher app for Android that had a 7 day trial or something and they had a yearly subscription based model for it. I was aghast. I would literally expect the app to blow my mind and do everything one can assume to go that way. In a world, where Nova Launcher (Yes, I know it has been acquired by Branch folks but it still is a sturdy one) or Niagara exist plus many alternatives including minimalist ones on F Droid, the dev must be releasing revolutionary stuff to factor in a subscription service.

Second, is a controversial choice, since it’s free tier is quite good and people like it so much. But, Pocketcasts. I checked it’s yearly price the other day, and boy, in my country, I can subscribe to Google Play Pass, YouTube Premium and Spotify and still have money left before I hit the ceiling what Pocketcasts is asking for paid upgrade.

Also, what are your views on one time purchase vs subscriptions? Personally, I find it much easier to purchase, if it’s good enough even if it was piratable, something if it is a one time purchase rather than repetitive.

  • 520@kbin.social
    26·
    11 months ago

    Microsoft Office.

    The subscription service is actually alright for businesses, but for retail users there is no compelling reason for it to be a subscription.

    • ares35@kbin.social
      30·
      11 months ago

      the pricing of ‘365’ is essentially a subscription to cloud storage, whether you use it or not, and getting office ‘free’ with that sub.

      • potemkinhrEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        That’s exactly how I use it, I buy the subscription pretty much exclusively for OneDrive for myself and my close family, the office suite is a nice plus. It’s the cheapest online storage when you calculate the size per dollar and is even cheaper when you look at it per user basis.