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Netlimiter V5 Licensing Model

votality
Sat, 24 Dec 2022 04:02:09 GMT

Hi, I must say I'm very disappointed in the new licensing model. I would have upgraded to V5 but I absolutely will never ever purchase time limited licenses, unfortunately if this is the new direction I won't be upgrading and will be sad to see this product go. I like purchasing per version and using that version in perpetuity. I have a strong resentment of any software as a service licensing model and would rather do without the product if that's all that is available. Also, my advice is avoid requests for feature bloat. Keep the product lean and development time low as to avoid increased licensing costs. It just makes the product less attractive.

seriousam
Sat, 24 Dec 2022 10:22:30 GMT

Totally agree! I was about to buy a home license (net limiter 4 pro) for my new laptop and I was disappointed to see their new licensing approach. Netlimiter was my go to option, but now it's just another subscription based software to avoid. Farewell netlimiter, you used to be the cool guy,but now you are not.

litmus
Mon, 26 Dec 2022 19:44:19 GMT

+1 What irks me especially is that v4 is buggy as hell, and support was virtually non-existent since I bought it last year. I stuck with Netlimiter anyway, hoping that it would improve eventually, and now this. I agree that paying for new versions is the way to go, but only if there are real improvements and you get the feeling that the programmers are actually listening. (Even better: Why not make the software so good that you can actually recommend it?) Rental software only works of your clients are huge corporations who rake in so much money that they don't give a ****. For Netlimiter, sadly, this will be the end of it.

pcs800
Tue, 27 Dec 2022 00:21:57 GMT

I agree. I came here to buy licenses for three machines, but once I saw that it was a time limited/subscription, I immediately cancelled.

litmus
Tue, 27 Dec 2022 00:57:19 GMT

Oh and I agree to the part about keeping the product lean. Use the community to iron out the bugs, increase usability and make the thing more intuitive. This isn't some graphics suite that tons of people depend on to make a living - the amount of money that can be generated from this type of program is limited. If development time exceeds that potential, then the solution isn't to apply a licensing model that is unfit for the purpose, but to keep development time in proportion. To me, Netlimiter is a tool, like a wrench or a hammer. If you build a quality product, you can sell it for years to come with little maintenance. Making it a subscription wrench just isn't the answer.

Oracle
Sun, 01 Jan 2023 19:24:31 GMT

I just come for an update and found out about this, this is unfair, the devs should concentrate on selling the software to new users rather than moving to subscription method, this will scare everybody out.

ea17
Mon, 02 Jan 2023 19:42:09 GMT

What a bummer. I'm fine with paying to upgrade to major versions but no way am I starting a subscription for this.

swiftjack
Fri, 13 Jan 2023 07:32:38 GMT

I would even pay $60-100 for an upgrade.

fuckyounetlimiter
Sun, 15 Jan 2023 08:44:29 GMT

Of course i, my family, my friends and all of my private customer never ever pay for subscriptipn based softwares. I do not upgrade from 4 and guys i can not belive, more of the computers managed by me STOP RUNNING NETLIMITER 4 withoute any warning. You can start is withoute problem but after severel restart it stop again So the short version: fuck you netlimiter! I've paid for v4 to a lifetime period. You are simply theft. Assholes Anyone who is looking for a usable firewall: simplewall is an option

cantoris
Wed, 01 Feb 2023 18:00:09 GMT

Monthly licensing for this? No way! I literally only ever use it for per-app rate limiting and even that rarely.