We have exactly the same business model as Affinity.

vunderba · 2025-05-25T23:50:52 1748217052

You might go and read the ad copy of Affinity (I own v2 of it).

  USD$164.99 One-off payment | excl. tax
  Get Version 2 of Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo and Affinity Publisher on 
  all operating systems, including iPad, for one low bundle price.

See how it explicitly calls out "Version 2"?

How about Cleanshot?

  $29 One-Time Payment
  One year of updates

See how it calls out "One Year of updates"?

Now let's look at Expressive:

  Enjoy the benefits of our lifetime license and get access to all features and 
  upcoming updates with a one-off payment.

Get access to all features AND UPCOMING UPDATES. Nobody is going to assume this is restricted to the current major version, and having this "gotcha" in the FAQ is going to come with some headache when customers discover "All upcoming updates" doesn't really mean what it says.

GlacierFox · 2025-05-27T20:52:34 1748379154

Well you didn't make that clear in your initial speel about getting all future upgrades. You tried to pull a fast one, it didn't work, and now you'll have to back-track and clarify.

msarca · 2025-05-27T21:14:09 1748380449

Yeah, it's called "listening to feedback", so don't get into conspiracies with what I have tried :))

GlacierFox · 2025-05-27T22:57:09 1748386629

Haha. You knew what you were doing. You were trying to fish people in un an underhanded way by not making it clear that the one-time purchase isn't _actually_ a one-time life time purchase with all future updates for free. Take the L and move on.

msarca · 2025-05-27T23:26:25 1748388385

You've read me like a book! When you grow up, you should become a detective. Or a business consultant, as you are equally good at figuring out why people buy stuff.