My 2 Cents.
I understand that having to pay in advance makes users feel like the horse with the hanging carrot.
Unfortunately, for a company with the size of Graphisoft playing in the global market, the continuous amount of financial resource is essential. Specially if you are trying to gain momentum over a giant like Autodesk. I am afraid that this policy will remain for a while until GS gains enough user base to support its ambitious plan. It is a price users will have to pay to have a software that actually helps in their day-to-day workflows. That is why I am in favor for a
) it would be awesome, isn't it? 
I understand that having to pay in advance makes users feel like the horse with the hanging carrot.
Unfortunately, for a company with the size of Graphisoft playing in the global market, the continuous amount of financial resource is essential. Specially if you are trying to gain momentum over a giant like Autodesk. I am afraid that this policy will remain for a while until GS gains enough user base to support its ambitious plan. It is a price users will have to pay to have a software that actually helps in their day-to-day workflows. That is why I am in favor for a
) it would be awesome, isn't it?
Braza wrote:You already can and no, that's not really awesome, and I'm thankful that GS didn't go this route.
And if we could pay for Archicad the same we pay for Netflix (regarding the proportions
See, what happens, if you suddenly can't pay your monthly fee? Bam, you can't edit your projects any longer.
Yes. There must be an option for at least visualize and share existing projects.
But if the cost was the same as Netflix (+-10 Euro monthly I presume. As I don't use it
) it would be really hard for an active Architect not to use the serviçe. 
I also know that there are a lot of security/privacy concerns regarding any SaaS solution. In this case, I usually use the email analogy: How many of us use Gmail?... And how many of us can't sleep well just imagining that their emails may be at risk on a Google server?
But if the cost was the same as Netflix (+-10 Euro monthly I presume. As I don't use it
) it would be really hard for an active Architect not to use the serviçe. I also know that there are a lot of security/privacy concerns regarding any SaaS solution. In this case, I usually use the email analogy: How many of us use Gmail?... And how many of us can't sleep well just imagining that their emails may be at risk on a Google server?
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