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Unraid License Pricing Changes and My Opinions /
Unraid License Pricing Changes and My Opinions / Thoughts
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Talking head video giving my opinions and thoughts on the changes that are coming.
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Tbh I was worried their money will run out and weāre left stranded so Iām glad they made the change and they did it this exact way. Since lifetime license basically also mean lifetime of the company and Iām too fond of the OS since it has worked so well for my needs of photo/video/general backup storage needs.
Hopefully they can keep this awesome product moving on and the community is another key part with itās success!
License fees can stink, but this doesnāt feel like a rug pull as has happened with others recently. Plus, Iām sure the policy will evolve. SPX makes an excellent point with security updates around a license expiration. I had not considered such a circumstance.
IMO, the main gripe of the common man regarding Unraid was the OG license fee. The license isnāt a dealbreaker for me. Iām have two keys and will probably grab another soon. I have zero qualms financially supporting development for useful projects. Whether that be compulsory or voluntarily.
Thereās a buzz, to be sure. Iāve read numerous comments of homelab content creators saying this is actually enticing them to give Unraid a shot.
I actually dont mind them doing this. Unraid has been great, given the budget UnRaid currently has.
Of course I donāt like it, but I totally understand it. Iād rather them, make good money so they can continue supporting the product. Iāve used it for over a decade now and would do it all over again even if it was a subscription model. I use it for home and business.
They definitely need money so that they can grow and hire and retain good talent.
But it is currently relying on the community for sup[port… supporting a product those people dont profit from. They need to bring in some level of support if they expect to charge for a linux distro
I tried UNRAID once and unfortunately had NFS share issues with it. I then tried TrueNAS Core and had zero issues. Since then upgraded to TrueNAS Scale and couldn't be happier. All that for free. They are currently working on the feature that will allow people to expand VDEVs which will be awesome. IT does all that UNRAID does and more for free.
I mean TrueNas Core does everything Unraid does for Free now… not sure charging for a custom Linux Distro like Unraid is very feasible.
This definitely wants me to look into switching my Nas to free Nas/True Nas Core Software! Love the video man!
Good video sir,
I think their change is long overdue. It gives me more confidence that they have a strategy to still be around and productive in 10-20 years. A longer term access to security patches does sound good from a consumer's perspective, but this introduces a multiverse of support threads that would be costly to test and maintain. Consider this. Jim buys Unraid 6.12 but does not continue paying the annual subscription after 2 years (he is now on 7.4). 3 years down the track a critical patch is produced on the now current 8.1. What is Jim expected to pay to get that patch? If it were the lower annual renewal fee, then he should only get the patch and not the 8.1 feature set. However 7.4 has not been explicitly tested with the security patch and may not work. Or, since he let his maintenance lapse, is he up for a whole new subscription giving him a current patched 8.1. Regardless, it seems like there are some questions still to be answered by Lime Technology regarding renewal pricing for lapsed maintenance.
Patches for severe Bugs should be Free, everyone would benefit from better Security & Less Problems – besides Unraid would 'run' better even on older Installs, and hence get a good Reputation from it. You could charge for Feature updates, possibly even for more Disks than e.g. 5 or 6 – Let's say you buy 10 times 20 TB you spend let's say $ 400 ea – that's $ 4,000 Total – you should be able to shell out another $ 100 for Software (e.g. $10 per Disk)
Well done! And very Interesting š One Day I'll try Unraid, too
Can we now get off the O/S flash drives?
I think it is fair as long as current licenses already purchased don't get changed/voided. To quote Darth Vader (maybe not exact): Pray I don't alter the deal further.
The model seems fair. Lifetime expectations of technology are unrealistic. Iāve gotten 4 years of great functionality for $129 and see no problem paying more occasionally for technology updates. I also agree with your take on security patches vs feature updates for people on a tight budget or who just donāt need new features. I wonder how many of the āIām never using this software because it costs moneyā are actually using UnRaid in the first place.
They will kick people off the life-time keys they have now eventually. I've seen it happen so many times before. This is a shame, but they need to eat
There is no way they will guarantee updates for life. They,like others in the greedy tech world, want monthly forever rental. They can feck off never using them again.