I think it's normal economic considerations and also the fact that forums in general are losing importance. I don't think XF is at the end
We're moving away from posting on these forums and having our resources here, not leaving the software altogether. Some highlights of Mike's previous post:What scares me is... why now? Like some other members commented on, Themehouse was doing videos with Xenforo and deeply rooted in the Xenforo ecosystem. They just release their new 'ACE' theme and addons. They were doing big skins for some major forums out there. Then out of the blue, they drop everything. Why? Do they know something about Xenforo that we don't know? Then there is no new versions being announced from Xenforo. It's kind of scary. Are people going to start to bail from Xenforo now in a mass exodus like the Vbulletin days? Someone hold me.
I was not making any kind of argument on your position. I was just pointing out that if he is going to to do such a survey, he has to include all possible scenarios. I find the small community run on goodwill donations tends to get ignored when people do things like that. There's an assumption that forums are all run by some kind of corporate entity, or have revenue driven by ads or subscriptions (or both). That's not my reality and I am pretty sure that I am not unique in that regard.
I agree with you 100% here!
Sadly
Well, you're making some generalizations here, of course, as you yourself have acknowledged. Everything depends on the addon and how much work is involved. I would say that your "$20 average is too cheap" assertion is maybe only true if the addon is actually fairly complex and requires a lot of maintenance, say for certain payment addon's, for example, that have to be often updated to be compliant with the various payment services on top of XF updates. But if the primary upkeep for a single addon is updating for XF upgrades and the occasional bug-fix? That's not a full-time job, or even a part-time one, so I'm not sure your job/average income analogy really works. Now, if the developer is maintaining a hundred addon's, sure, that maybe adds up to a lot time and labor, but as a buyer purchasing one or two addon's, I might not feel it's fair that I pay a lot more for those one or two addon's I personally buy to help recoup some of the developer's total costs for keeping his hundred addon's updated.
Phrases like "it really isn't worth debating" and "Move that discussion elsewhere" aren't very appropriate for a company that made its money selling forum add-ons. The purpose of forums are to have discussions and share opinions, facts, or whatever. People questioning your business model is exactly what you would expect on a message board. It's up to you whether you want to partake in a discussion on your business model. Remember if people are talking about you then you are relevant.
How do you know that? It's interesting that Xenforo would add to its staff if their business was contracting.
Will be supported, if you check the the announcement we posted should cover all the changes. If you bought anything you would ll continue to get updates, dedicated support not guaranteed depending on the situation or unless you pay for the support time. Our support team is made of engineers, not "level 2 tech support".
How about if my license is expired. Means I can't renew it again?
Well, if youre asking about a free product there is nothing to renew. If its an existing addon that we no longer sell anymore or it moved to a our Resources subscription, then that is the answer there. We simply do not sell one-time annual licenses anymore for updates and support. Only the 1 subscription.
I think we'll post more info on themehouse.com at some point, but we're consolidating our websites into one. You can view information on our services for communities here and specifically Resources here.
I've sent an email from there.
There are two distinctions that the license permitted: updates to code and access to our support team for one year.
