great question - I had an older iteration of this project which was a much smaller scoped utility (without the waveform functionality) that was a one time purchase on itch. The idea with this project is to add additional features over time (um and ah removal, the ability to actually remove parts of the transcription and output audio).
replyI want to add, because I see this here almost every day, that making something a subscription is totally fine, regardless of updates.
replyI can offer something for free that costs me money, or I can charge money for something that costs me nothing.
"If I pay money for this, I want someone to suffer for an amount of time proportional to the amount and frequency paid" is not a healthy or helpful attitude in my opinion. (It is, however, the basis of most employment, which explains the constant confusion on this matter.)
Anyway, just want to say that you don't need to change your business model to satisfy people who complain on forums, and you don't need to justify the price or business model with your work or time or suffering. The value of the product is sufficient!
Really appreciate your thoughts on this, i totally agree - it is food for thought and as i monitor things it may make sense to tweak my approach. Bloating the tool would be counter productive for the sake of validating its cost, the idea long term is to improve, support and develop smart. Any financial model's goal in my eyes should be the means to allow people access, while justifying the product's existence.
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