Hi Erland, I was dumb-struck to see you starting to force payment for your plugins through License Mgr. I think it is the beginning of the end for a great way to enjoy music (Squeezebox).
I have been using your plugins for 2 years, and consider my use relatively advanced. And I frequently use SQL-Playlist, Trackstat, and Dynamic-Playlists. But over the last 2 years however, iTunes has also come a long way and although I hate letting Apple decide which file-type my music is stored in, and taking many other decisions for me (that I really would not like them to), I just see that their iTunes, is a marvel that with the right filters, will actually do much the same things that your plugins deliver. Furthermore in the SB scheme, many drawbacks exist, i.e. I have a big problem with the Squeezebox concept, that I have no way in the controller to actually delete, or change tags on my music right there, while listening to songs (you can in iTunes). And many other idiosynchrosies all line up to make me think twice about staying with SB anymore. For these operations you need to go into a second interface (for which I use MediaMonkey). I have been happy using your plugins in the past, which are great. But I do consider them a product of your passion to this fine music-machine the SB. And a testiment to this great community and you have received donations from many people for your hobby over time. However now you have turned commercial - it really makes me sad to see SB this fine musical concept, that I considered a great alternative to Apple's media-conglomeration turn to just another PAYWARE. Not so anymore. I feel that you have caved in to commercial interest and I feel sorry for you. This is not the future for Open Source SW. You should also consider that paying customers are much more tough to please than users of free plugins. I hope you quit your dayjob, as I think that support will take on another dimension for you. And I am not sure you would like to be just another tech-supporter... I have paid the 20$ for one year's use of all your plugins although I only use the above mentioned 3, but will now seriously investigate how I can churn to iTunes for the same functionality than with your plugins. I just hate to leave the 'free' world of SB thinking. If you consider the greater scheme of things, the SB really is a small marginal platform. Almost none of my friends/colleagues know it. Consider then the amount of the actual subset of (advanced) users, that find your plugins attractive enough to buy, and you realize that the amount of your potential 'customers' are quickly dwindling into less than a hundred or about there. And when you painted September black - going commercial, you will now further reduce the amount of SB followers. Your commercial decision will now be the last straw to take me on another route to my music. This September was indeed black - And I hope you will reconsider your license idea. I urge you to. I enjoyed my music more before having to pay also for your plugins. Best regards - and the hopes for a prosperous and profitable future in your company. I would hate to learn that SB suffers the same destiny as automanufacturer SAAB. -- excalibur ------------------------------------------------------------------------ excalibur's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33971 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90410 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
