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Buy once, use forever A directory of one-time purchase software

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222 points richbowen | 2 comments | 30 Mar 25 00:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.427s | source
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danpalmer ◴[30 Mar 25 01:04 UTC] No.43520229[source]▶
One of the items on this list "FridayGPT" doesn't actually do anything unless you plug in an API key from a subscription service. While I understand that technically the app itself is buy-once, it doesn't feel in the spirit of the website, or maybe should be called out on the page, as it could be quite misleading.
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1. mixermachine ◴[30 Mar 25 01:16 UTC] No.43520307[source]▶
FridayGPT is also not really open about the need for an API key on their landing page. Only in the FAQ they mention it. Seems a bit shady to me.

There are also other AI tools listed there. https://buyoncesoftware.com/?category=AI

As soon as the AI models run on an external server a buy once model does no longer work (or atleast not with an acceptable one time price). The constant server cost is just to high.

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2. danpalmer ◴[30 Mar 25 01:20 UTC] No.43520333[source]▶
> As soon as the AI models run on an external server a buy once model does no longer work (or atleast not with an acceptable one time price). The constant server cost is just to high.

Tell this to Rabbit and their R1 device, which comes with unlimited LLM usage. I guess they just rate limit through having a bad UX though. /s

But yes, you're right, this is what I was getting at, LLM usage is expensive enough to need a subscription model.