Davinci Resolve is a lifetime license for an extremely powerful video production platform. It's a great value even at a serious-hobbyist level.
jorvi 3/30/2025|
Buying Studio grants a lifetime license to the current major version only. It's just that DaVinci has been upgrading everyone for free with every major update. They can stop doing that at any moment.
Not that they'll ever do that. Resolve / Studio is their loss-leader product to pull people into their very premium camera ecosystem.
drewbitt 3/30/2025||
'Use forever' - except many would need updates regularly which you won't get forever. Chromium updates broke Sizzy's extensions for example and it will need to have Chromium updates forever. It's also doubtful that AI ones will work longer than a couple years without updates. (OpenAI has already begun changing their API format)
benjaminhlee 3/30/2025||
Would love to nominate Postico here — very few software purchases have made me so thoroughly satisfied, but the combination of a functional free tier + very generously priced tiers for students and professionals alike has left me happy to spend money on their software.
zeeebo 3/30/2025||
I like the premise but don't like the pricing. Google search ads would be a much better investment. Add something that makes it unique like reviews of the software as well, not just a bio and two product links.
owebmaster 3/30/2025|
20$ is nothing in google ads while in this case it can fund a novel way to market local-first apps. Let's spend more money with small tech and less with Big Tech.
