Is the push back against paid model or mainly subscription based?
I don’t mind paying once, or even for mayor versions, but not as subscription honestly.
Comment on Junk Store: BIG update on what is next
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
There’s a lot of pushback against junk store for switching to a paid model, but I’m fine with it. Obviously FOSS is great, but we don’t have any issues with games requiring payment and being closed source.
Heroic and the original Junk Store plugin will still exist, but I’m looking forward to seeing what the stand alone version of junk store is like. The plugin is already a big step towards having epic/gog games feel like they’re natively supported on the deck, and I’m hoping the standalone version can take that even farther.
Railcar8095@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
The dev is looking at a one time payment afaik.
The old Decky extension for Junk Store required a one time payment of $6 for GoG early access, and anytime the extension would come up a lot of people would complain about that.
Railcar8095@lemm.ee 1 week ago
I might be mistaken, but them pointing out “ongoing per user costs” + becoming closed source led me to believe they are moving to subscription based model. I have the gog extension even if I don’t really use it, and I would consider paying again. But not recurrent.
Let’s see how it goes, I hope I’m mistaken.
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
They have a survey right now asking people if they would be willing to alpha test and what they would be willing to pay, and there are only one-time payments on the survey. They’re somewhat high payments though, $30-60.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
It’s not just that it costs money, it’s also closed source. They could have kept it open source while still charging a modest fee to cover expenses. Making it closed source means profit motive.