FastMail lifetime member plans to be discontinued
Monthly service costs &#x2F; subscriptions are a <i>feature</i>. This happens all the time with mobile apps, for example. You find a nice new shiny todo app that costs $5 and invest heavily in it, lo and behold, 6 months later the 2k people that bought it isn&#x27;t enough to sustain the creator indefinitely and it dies a slow and neglectful death. But if just 500 of those people paid $5&#x2F;mo that would be much more likely for the developer to continue supporting it.<p>When I&#x27;m looking for something that I expect to invest in and rely on for a long time, &quot;has a paid subscription&quot; becomes an important consideration when evaluating different options.