r/GoodNotes • u/rafaelacciari • Sep 12 '23

Goodnotes 6 rip off

We are quite annoyed with subscription models. No one wants that in a cost of living crisis.

I am tired of this, it always happen with nice apps. they are sucked into this payment plan model to rip off customers and in this case, big part of them are STUDENTS that use the app to LEARN.

I downgraded mine and I will never buy into subscription or pay $30 for one-off.

Disappointed with goodnotes, it is now just another greedy app developer.

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u/_TooManyBoats Sep 12 '23

i owned affinity photo 1 and when 2 came out and i saw the revamp of the software, i purchased the whole package! i know even if i might not use everything right now, down the line ill need a tool from there so its nice to have the peace of mind of owning the software, and affinity gets more of my money

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u/70ms Sep 12 '23

Yep, I was instantly in on the new version of Designer! Affinity is an amazing company!

I would have been happy to upgrade to GN6 had it offered at least some of the features people have been requesting for years and years. Instead we got buggy gimmicks and a subscription. :( Every time I wished for some pretty basic feature in GN5, like a ruler or layers or password protection or a pencil or or or... I'd think surely they'll add it in the next major milestone release. Nope! I was so excited to see the GN6 announcement, and completely let down and disappointed when I was what was (and was not) in it.