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.
+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.
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.
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.
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.
What a bummer. I'm fine with paying to upgrade to major versions but no way am I starting a subscription for this.
I would even pay $60-100 for an upgrade.
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
Monthly licensing for this? No way! I literally only ever use it for per-app rate limiting and even that rarely.