At work we have a time logging app where we indirectly pay for Max by the hour. It's some kind of corporate customer thing.
So I was thinking, why the eff does autodesk not offer use of their software by the minute? even with autodesk's greedy max pricing it comes out to around 1$ per hour which could be for commercial use and then 10 or 20cents for private use. Or if they are really smart (which greedy suits are never) it could be completely free for non commercial use.
When you only pay by the minute (counter with internet connection connected to credit card, tokens can be prebought for those that need to work in areas without internet) there is no threshold to start using it. That means oceans of private people will start to use it and learn it and all competition will fall away because despite max's oceans of very poor code, it's the best around. People won't hesitate to use a small amount per hour, even though it adds up to the same amount if you use it full time. No reasonable private person is going to commit to those outrageous subscriptions so they either use blender or pirate versions.
You are essentially saying you have to use our application full time or not at all with your current model.
All those businesses around the world where they kinda want to try using max for something yet the manager says no because that's a large commitment for a license. Only full timers and that stifles use. Yet if it's by the minute for a dollar an hour, there is no threshold to start using it.
And that's not just max. People will fly from app to app for whatever they need because there is no threshold to start using it. Max, maya, mudbox, autocad. Usage should skyrocket.
I use it full time at work and I would like to use it privately once in a while. I'd pay the 1$/hour even though it's non commercial work and it should be much cheaper.
Here's one model:
~1$/hour for commercial use.
free for non commercial use but a 1-5$ download server fee.
When it's in non commercial mode, the header can state so clearly as a reminder should anyone 'forget' in a commercial setting.
