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Engineer1:
I've just read a Reddit thread where multiple users report being contacted by Altium reps, with a heads up that they will be charging for use of 365 cloud space, at what appears to be thousands of dollars per year (on top of subscription cost) for 10GB space.

I don't know if I can post a link here. But checking the Altium subreddit will find it. It's a pretty active topic.

Coincidentally I am about to start a small project on Kicad, as maybe it does what I need. I do love Altium though. Particularly the schematic editor.

ajb:
I don't know of any rule against posting links here.  I assume this is the thread you're referring to? https://www.reddit.com/r/Altium/comments/1gn78xx/altium_is_going_to_start_charging_altium365_users/

This was mentioned here by another user: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/altium/massive-price-hike-on-a365-coming-in-jan/

None of this is really that surprising when you look at their overall pattern of behavior for the last few years...or just read the bio of their "General Manager of Digital Software"...or read any of their investor communications. 


--- Quote ---Gérard Métrailler is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Digital Software at Altium and leads the high-performance go-to-market and product organizations of Altium's software portfolio, including Altium Designer. He drives the product R&D, sales, and marketing strategies and teams. Gérard works closely with the Chief Commercial Officer, Marc Boonen, to accelerate the Enterprise Sales growth.

Gérard has been a leader in SaaS and software industries and possesses extensive P&L, global go-to-market, product, and portfolio strategy expertise. He has a proven track record of delivering growth, profitability, and value creation while focusing on strategic clarity, organizational transformation, and operational excellence.

Before Altium, Gérard was Executive Vice President of Global Products at Corel Corporation (now Alludo) and led the company from a perpetual licensing model to a SaaS subscription offering that combines cloud, AI, mobile, and desktop. He was vital in transforming Corel Corporation from a packaged software company into a recurring-revenue industry leader through organic growth and M&A.
--- End quote ---

This is the business plan du jour: convince customers that they need your subscription services, get them good and locked in, then start jacking up the price.  Yeah, you destroy all of that hard won customer trust, but who cares as long as the line goes up.  Maybe you even tank the business, but that's fine too -- just take your big pile of capital gains and your "strategic clarity" to some other unsuspecting company and you can do it all over again!

nctnico:
Corel, now that is a name I have not heard for a long time... Didn't know they still existed.

jc101:
What is impressive is they say you are using too much, but reportedly unable to give you a breakdown of how much space is in use and by what.

Altium have solved the issue for me. They won't take my money to keep my permanent license, hence A365 is off limits. They lose even more money.

RnDMonkey:
A truly disgusting acceleration of enshittification happening at Altium. Been using it since 2008 and have become something of a guru. Sucks to see it going down the toilet, and quickly.

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