Sketch goes subscription-based

blog.sketchapp.com

18 points·didgeoridoo··9 comments

Is this a subscription?

No. Once your license has expired you can still use the app for as long as you want. We will not force you to pay again to use it. You don’t have to renew your license if you don’t want to.

I'd say it's a subscription when you have to have the latest version if you're working with other designers.

How many submissions of this story are we going to get?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11861188

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11861255

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11861273

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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11861553 (1 comment)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11861656 (2 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11862255

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11862687

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11863487

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11864219 (this one)

Everyone is submitting the extra tracking (e.g. #.8gco2nehu)

That might have helped with this story. It seems like there was a lot of interest but you know how things move fast on HN...

Yep. @dang, thought the dupe detector was robust against this sort of thing?

This software is moving too fast imo. Our designer uses it and routinely I can't open files because they changed the file format. Also, didn't they just recently move away from the App Store?

Consider switching to the affinity suite [1]. I use it for all my personal projects, and professionally if I can get my coworkers/clients to use it too, which I strongly advise. It's full-featured and much cheaper than Adobe software, and IMO comes with less upgrade headaches than sketch.

[1] https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/designer/

I am kicking myself a little for just buying Sketch right before this. I was considering Affinity too.

No it isn't, you buy the software as before and get updates free for a year. This is not a subscription.

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