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Sat Aug 01, 2020 4:33 pm
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jstewart30
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Aha, that fixed it, thank you again!
Matt not to beat a dead horse but I've reviewed the features list for all three recent updates and there is nothing in there remotely worth $250. Aside from conditional actions in Triggers, which might be useful (but sounds like it just saves me from having to create two separate Triggers with unique conditions is all), it's a lot of cleanup and polish but definitely nothing as I said earth-shattering -- precisely what you'd expect from a series of minor 7.x updates. Yes a ton of new devices are supported, but again it's not worth paying $250 to support an $18 bulb when I can buy a 7.1-supported bulb for $30 and be done with it (or learn how to send a raw z-wave command as we've done here). I haven't reviewed the list of supported devices to see if there's any in there that add amazing new functionality that old devices didn't offer, but it doesn't seem like it. Existing users already own most or all of the devices they need, so unlike brand new users, a huge increase in supported devices isn't really compelling.
So your proposal is that I pay $250 now to gain a few minor features or a supported device or two that I care about, and then *hope* that version 8.0 comes out with some actual meat on the bone, within a year, otherwise I have to pay again, and then hope again that I get my money's worth the following year, and just keep "paying and hoping" indefinitely. Makes NO sense compared to the old model where I could freely assess the value proposition BEFORE I paid. Subscription models work for things like anti-virus where you NEED the updates, or things like Photoshop where you can buy otherwise very expensive software for a small monthly fee, but for your software, it's most definitely not the right model. Just my opinion. But I'll bet you $250 that if you let your users vote which model they prefer, the old one would win by wide margin, especially now that it's been a couple years with only 3 or 4 minor-version updates.
Anyway thank you again for the assistance, and for the respectful consideration...perhaps if enough users echo my sentiments, we'll see a change back to a more sensible pricing structure.