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Cricut: Imagine paying to access what you bought.
This is a good way to torpedo your chances of new customers ever buying your product.
Cricut is limiting the use of its crafting machines with a monthly subscription - The Verge design-space-upload-limit I know a lot of people don't use this tool but since it is related to the hobby in some way it is kind of sad.
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Shocking - and I say this after reading the web page release and seeing that they are also forcing it upon existing users.
And $118.00 a year! Good luck to them - another company makes a fatal mistake - watch their market share dwindle/
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Stand down
Untwist that which became twisted Cricut completely unravels subscription plans that would limit its crafting machines - The Verge |
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Sure, for now. If they thought about it once, they'll think about it again. Gary
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They just did Silhouette a big favor. Actually, this was a major factor in my decision to buy a Cameo. Well, the fact that the software had to be connected to the internet to use, was what it was at the the time. That is always a precursor to subscription software, or worse, ads and spyware. Or both eventually.
I know it's not an option for some, but I would literally rip out the motherboard and replace it with an Arduino or Raspberry Pi based CNC board rather than pay monthly to use hardware I have purchased.
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I'm always looking for my next "why am I doing this again?" project... Agreed on the whole connect to the internet to use thing. Not a fan.
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I have a friend who uses a Cricut for her home T-Shirt business. and she was just complaining about this. She went out and bought a Silhouette just because of it.
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I haven't used it for paper modeling, but ShadowCory, I bought the Cameo for the main reason that it didn't require an Internet connection to operate. That's just ridiculous. I bought an upgraded version of Silhouette's own software to access additional features. I don't mind a one-time payment, but I hat the whole "pay forever" system that companies are pushing these days.
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In some instances it could be a good thing though. I've thought about signing on with Adobe's subscription plan to get access to the current version of Photoshop. I wish McNeel would offer the same thing with Rhino. That $2500 all at once thing is kinda off-putting.
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Would be tempted to go down the Rhina path as well if it had an affordable subscription option...
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