Originally Posted by Impureclient (Post 3188937)

Carista App: $39.99/year or $9.99/1-week pass :thumbdown:



Nope, not paying a $40 every year for use of a $20 app. They'd get more business if they just took the $20 one time and weren't so greedy.

Reach up under front of car and unplug relay = free

Originally Posted by ermax (Post 3188990)

Carista does more than simply disable the DRLs. For example you can turn off the annoying seat belt warning. Personally that alone is worth $9.99. As a software dev it kind of bugs me when people consider any app that cost more the free a rip off.

Originally Posted by Impureclient (Post 3189008)

$20 ≠ free
I understand you need money to pay your bills like we all have but software developers usually aren't hurting for money and considering it's an easy inside job that requires very little physical effort and not much toll on the body, I don't have much sympathy considering I am outside in 90+ degree weather 6 days a week and also have to run the business. If you own a home and use the service, I bet you expect your yard maintenance people to work for as little as you can get away with giving them, same applies here. That's fine since you're just trying to save a buck here and there. There's a reason that Americans are allowing illegal immigrants to take all the outside hard work jobs and it's not because they are easy and pay well. Some companies can get away with charging for a service even if you don't use it like a garbage collecting service. Carista is something we don't even need which is why it's hilarious they think they can charge a yearly fee.
$40 a year is too much for any app that you use one time and maybe possibly never again. $10 for using it once is too much too which is why I said $20 and you can use it as much as you like. That's why people use get pirated apps and circumvent the greed. I have a app on my phone that allows me to open/shut my garage door and know when it's open or close any where in the World, that was free with the garage door opener. I'd actually pay yearly for that since it's useful not just one time but the Carista app doesn't earn that honor for what it is. Wyze cam sells a $20 1080p security camera with 2 weeks of cloud storage...no monthly/yearly charge. I'd like to charge double for my labor or even better charge people yearly fees for nothing extra but unfortunately I'd get no customers that way. That's why not many people even use Carista especially since they went with their new yearly subscription scheme. We wouldn't even be having this conversation if the app was reasonably priced and a one time charge like it should be. They'll adapt by lowering their price to a more aggressive and informed buyer or go away like Kmart/Blockbuster/Pets.com/etc.

TLDR: Unplug relay for removing DRL still free.

Originally Posted by Impureclient (Post 3189008)

$20 ≠ free

I understand you need money to pay your bills like we all have but software developers usually aren't hurting for money and considering it's an easy inside job that requires very little physical effort and not much toll on the body, I don't have much sympathy considering I am outside in 90+ degree weather 6 days a week and also have to run the business. If you own a home and use the service, I bet you expect your yard maintenance people to work for as little as you can get away with giving them, same applies here. That's fine since you're just trying to save a buck here and there. There's a reason that Americans are allowing illegal immigrants to take all the outside hard work jobs and it's not because they are easy and pay well. Some companies can get away with charging for a service even if you don't use it like a garbage collecting service. Carista is something we don't even need which is why it's hilarious they think they can charge a yearly fee.

$40 a year is too much for any app that you use one time and maybe possibly never again. $10 for using it once is too much too which is why I said $20 and you can use it as much as you like. That's why people use get pirated apps and circumvent the greed. I have a app on my phone that allows me to open/shut my garage door and know when it's open or close any where in the World, that was free with the garage door opener. I'd actually pay yearly for that since it's useful not just one time but the Carista app doesn't earn that honor for what it is. Wyze cam sells a $20 1080p security camera with 2 weeks of cloud storage...no monthly/yearly charge. I'd like to charge double for my labor or even better charge people yearly fees for nothing extra but unfortunately I'd get no customers that way. That's why not many people even use Carista especially since they went with their new yearly subscription scheme. We wouldn't even be having this conversation if the app was reasonably priced and a one time charge like it should be. They'll adapt by lowering their price to a more aggressive and informed buyer or go away like Kmart/Blockbuster/Pets.com/etc.



TLDR: Unplug relay for removing DRL still free.

Originally Posted by Impureclient (Post 3189125)

Butts are hurt, software devs unit!

Originally Posted by soundman98 (Post 3189192)

the real problem here is using a subscription model for what realistically very few users need a subscription for.

monitoring canbus and randomly re-keying codes to figure out what does what is time intensive on a level that 'very' doesn't cover right. IMO, they need to be charging more for a lifetime liscence and drop the subscription concept..

Originally Posted by Impureclient (Post 3189125)

Butts are hurt, software devs unit!

Originally Posted by Impureclient (Post 3189182)

All right settle down before I get angry too and have to download a pirated version of Carista and turn off a beep on my car. I don't want to have to turn any beeps off here.