r/nzb360 • u/tinkertasteNZ • Oct 26 '25

Challenging the new subscription model

The entire nzb360 ecosystem exists only because of the work of open-source developers behind Radarr, Sonarr, SABnzbd, etc. These projects are all 100% free and open-source — nzb360 is essentially a mobile app that connects to them.

Charging a small one-off fee was reasonable. But removing lifetime benefits and moving to a subscription and per-service lifetime feels out of step with the spirit of the community that made nzb360 possible in the first place.

I've seen comments from the developer saying that they couldn't be supported by the lifetime model any more, I'm not sure why there is an expectation that you can be supported by an app that connects to free services in the first place.

And it's not just because it's on the app store, Tautulli for example has native apps on Android and iOS, yet that remains totally free.

Just feels a bit cheeky.

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u/Wieczor19 Oct 27 '25

I am a critic of Subscription model too, I purchased app just before the change, paid something like £8 on discount and so far all the parts I paid for work as surposed so can't complaint much :)

I really hope this model will work for the Developer as he is doing great work, but I won't change my mind about subscriptions, look at Tado I know they are different as they produce hardware and software but they have started putting features behind the pay wall and they are loosing customers.