Why Stiva has no subscription

Why Stiva has no subscription Subscription fatigue is a real thing. And it makes sense, up to a point, because plenty of software genuinely benefits from the model: cloud services, collaborative tools, anything that involves ongoing infrastructure and real recurring costs. But somewhere along the way, even small utility apps started charging monthly fees. Apps with no backend. Apps with no recurring operational costs. Apps that just run on your phone and do a thing. When I started working on Stiva, I decided I wanted to think carefully about this. The subscription trap I get why subscriptions are tempting for developers. Predictable revenue is genuinely valuable, especially for solo projects. It smooths out the financial ups and downs, makes planning easier, and keeps the lights on. But from a user's perspective, a subscription for a read-later app asks for a strange kind of trust. You're committing to a recurring charge for something you might use heavily for three months and then…