Ask HN: Is anyone making money selling traditional downloadable software?

Curious if any HNers are running successful businesses selling desktop/downloadable software with a one-time payment model - not SaaS, not subscriptions. Something like the old days. How's the market for that? What's your experience with support and updates?


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Creado 6mo | 20 ene 2025, 2:50:11


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