MapleOne
Well-known member
Let me start by saying I love Xenforo and it does most things one needs straight out of the box, however the add-ons are really starting to add up.
A few short years ago an addon was 5 or 10 dollars with life time access. Now I see them up to $80 and they are always with 1 year access/updates to the resource.
So let me clarify, I am not saying these add-ons are not worth it, but they are getting to the point where they are no longer affordable. I have been looking for the best bang for the buck, some developers charge a yearly fee for their catalog and I have been faithfully subscribing to those.
I find myself looking more to these developers because the add-ons can add up significantly, especially when you have some of them between $40-$80 yearly.
What have I done to mitigate this costs?
Like I said, I actively seek out the developer with catalog subscriptions but more often than not I find myself uninstalling the add-ons and making board changes to go without the add-ons that have gone up significantly in price.
It's a tough call, I have had to cut some nice add-ons because as a Canadian the exchange rate (with credit card fees) can be up to 37% higher, so a $40 addon becomes $54.80 annually and an $80 addon becomes almost $110 annually. Yes our dollar is worth less but we still spend a dollar in the same way as people from other countries spend theirs.
So just some feedback on the whole addon system and me trying to figure out a way to cap the costs a bit because at the rate of increase I will probably stay with 1-2 subscriptions annually and pass on the rest.
I used to look at all the new resources daily and today I realized I have not checked them in almost two months. Costs have definitely (for me) come to the limit where I now go without, passing on a number of great add-ons.
Purpose of this post: Just me thinking out loud looking at the resources saying to myself they are starting to get out of reach. So just like the other subscriptions in my life the only answer is to cut out the ones I don't use as often.
A few short years ago an addon was 5 or 10 dollars with life time access. Now I see them up to $80 and they are always with 1 year access/updates to the resource.
So let me clarify, I am not saying these add-ons are not worth it, but they are getting to the point where they are no longer affordable. I have been looking for the best bang for the buck, some developers charge a yearly fee for their catalog and I have been faithfully subscribing to those.
I find myself looking more to these developers because the add-ons can add up significantly, especially when you have some of them between $40-$80 yearly.
What have I done to mitigate this costs?
Like I said, I actively seek out the developer with catalog subscriptions but more often than not I find myself uninstalling the add-ons and making board changes to go without the add-ons that have gone up significantly in price.
It's a tough call, I have had to cut some nice add-ons because as a Canadian the exchange rate (with credit card fees) can be up to 37% higher, so a $40 addon becomes $54.80 annually and an $80 addon becomes almost $110 annually. Yes our dollar is worth less but we still spend a dollar in the same way as people from other countries spend theirs.
So just some feedback on the whole addon system and me trying to figure out a way to cap the costs a bit because at the rate of increase I will probably stay with 1-2 subscriptions annually and pass on the rest.
I used to look at all the new resources daily and today I realized I have not checked them in almost two months. Costs have definitely (for me) come to the limit where I now go without, passing on a number of great add-ons.
Purpose of this post: Just me thinking out loud looking at the resources saying to myself they are starting to get out of reach. So just like the other subscriptions in my life the only answer is to cut out the ones I don't use as often.
