CGP Grey has talked about this on the Cortex podcast a few times, including the most recent episode. Basically he prefers apps to be subscription based because it makes it way more likely to be around in 5 or 10 years than if it's a one time purchase, which is important if you're going to be self employed and rely on some app to keep you working (and fed).
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CGP Grey has talked about this on the Cortex podcast a few times, including the most recent episode. Basically he prefers apps to be subscription based because it makes it way more likely to be around in 5 or 10 years than if it's a one time purchase, which is important if you're going to be self employed and rely on some app to keep you working (and fed).