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222 points richbowen | 1 comments | 30 Mar 25 00:28 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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pmags ◴[30 Mar 25 01:22 UTC] No.43520351[source]▶
I was about to recommend VueScan which I purchased once way back in 2004 and have used ever since using the same license, but I was disappointed to learn that they have now moved to a subscription model (guess my perpetual license got grandfathered in). How disappointing!

This motivated me to check another perpetual license I've had for a while -- MediaMonkey (license bought in 2006). Looks like this is still available as a lifetime license!

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hamrickdavid ◴[30 Mar 25 01:39 UTC] No.43520462[source]▶
VueScan Developer here. We have a subscription option - but that's really intended for customers who have short term scanning needs (ie. scan all of your slides). If you purchase a one-time VueScan license, you can use it indefinitely.
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pmags ◴[30 Mar 25 01:49 UTC] No.43520512[source]▶
Glad to hear it and thanks for the correction.

My impression was that the previous "Professional Edition, Single User" license included upgrades in perpetuity (which no longer seems to be the case). Am I misremembering on this point?

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1. hamrickdavid ◴[30 Mar 25 01:59 UTC] No.43520564{3}[source]▶
Yes, back in 2004 we did offer lifetime free updates for Professional Edition customers. We changed it to 1 year of updates a number of years ago, but indefinite access for the versions released during your free update period. But of course, we grandfathered in all licenses that came with lifetime free updates. I think when we started offering lifetime free updates back in 1998, we didn't expect to still be working on VueScan 27 years later!