zx100 Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 is the Lifetime Supporter membership a one off payment because i can't aford to pay monthly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 1 hour ago, zx100 said: is the Lifetime Supporter membership a one off payment because i can't aford to pay monthly. With either the "Regular" license or "Lifetime" you do not have to pay monthly. "Regular" license is a one time payment and you get updates for 1 year. After 1 year you can still use the license, but you can only use versions of LB you downloaded within the year. You cannot upgrade to any version past that. You can opt to upgrade the license at your own choosing. "Lifetime" license is a one time payment and you get lifetime updates without worrying about being on outdated versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larsulrik Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 This is a little confusing. So free users can upgrade forever but do not have access to the premium features. Regular premium users get a lifetime of usage, but no longer have access to updates after 1 year, that even the free users will continue to receive? Even bug fixes? I admit that having a free, paid regular and paid lifetime version of the same app is a bit unique so there will be unique logistics involved. I just want to make sure I'm understanding correctly. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Beats Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 26 minutes ago, larsulrik said: This is a little confusing. So free users can upgrade forever but do not have access to the premium features. Regular premium users get a lifetime of usage, but no longer have access to updates after 1 year, that even the free users will continue to receive? Even bug fixes? I admit that having a free, paid regular and paid lifetime version of the same app is a bit unique so there will be unique logistics involved. I just want to make sure I'm understanding correctly. 🙂 Overall this is correct. Regular license users CAN upgrade, they just will no longer be able to use premium features. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larsulrik Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Wait, use new features or get new features? The main site says "...renew your license...in order to access new features after 1 year" which I took to mean, the premium product remains the premium product but you won't get any new feature that comes out on 1 year and 1 day and later. However your response implies "premium" and "new" are interchangeable and after 1 year, the premium 1 year license expires and the product becomes the free version with no premium features?...or is this only if you try to update the premium version after a year? 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 4 hours ago, larsulrik said: Wait, use new features or get new features? The main site says "...renew your license...in order to access new features after 1 year" which I took to mean, the premium product remains the premium product but you won't get any new feature that comes out on 1 year and 1 day and later. However your response implies "premium" and "new" are interchangeable and after 1 year, the premium 1 year license expires and the product becomes the free version with no premium features?...or is this only if you try to update the premium version after a year? 😄 2 scenarios: 1. If after your 1 year license expires you keep using the last version you are able to download for that year your license will work as normal. So your premium features still work. So if you never want to pay anymore money do not update LB after that. You will still have the premium features from those versions prior to your license expiration. FYI if you do this route keep the version installers located in your \Updates folder. 2. If after your 1 year license expires you then update LB to a newer version that was introduced after your expiration you will not be able to use that new versions premium features, it will in essence revert you to a free version. So if you go the #2 route and you want to use premium features you would have 2 options. 1. Reinstall a version that came out during your 1 year license (or technically any version prior) or 2. Pay to update your license. You are correct that when your license expires if LB releases a new version with some bug fixes after that, if you update to that version, you lose premium features. You would need to update your license to keep using premium features and get those fixes. Many times those bug fixes are fixing premium features. So not much can be done about that. There is a give an take. I personally feel LB is worth the Lifetime license due to how much active development is done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larsulrik Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Awesome explanation! You're right it does seem worth the lifetime license! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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