Existing users, 
Well the application is ok. Kent responses fast on email. I feel how ever a bit fooled. When i bought this shareware application, i was impressed on the "Since the registration fee for Snak is a one-time payment" policy.
Now on universal version im supposed to buy this thing again.
Perhaps i would, If there was no implication originally that this would not cover future versions, but as far as i see the license emails and the original buy text, i was supposing a lifetime of upgrades, with was the reason on the original buy.
The 2 year upgrade period was not in standing when i bought this, instead there was "one-time payment" policy.
Snak
IRC chat client for Internet meeting rooms
Version: 5.3.3
dissapointed at lisense policy
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: freemem_dotmac Wednesday, May 03 2006 @ 08:04 AM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Over One Year
Recommend Product: NO
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Agreed. It's a rip off. - Stormchild
I bought the program for ~$30 as well. I wouldn't have had a problem with paying an upgrade fee for major new versions, but to be forced to pay the full price again is BS. He could have simply asked for another $10 to upgrade from v4 to v5 and I would had no problems paying that. Instead I'm stuck with version 5.0.x, and I certainly won't be paying again.Sunday, September 24 2006 @ 09:58 AM PDT
dissapointed at lisense policy - kknopp
For one, if you bought Snak within 2 years of said uprade it cost you nothing.If you bought it after that it cost you LESS than full price.
The only people that payed FULL price I believe were NEW buyers.
I don't think paying for a IRC application EVERY 10 years is asking for a lot.
That is the last time Ken asked for "new money"
So your complaints are a bit invalid.
Monday, September 25 2006 @ 01:48 PM PDT
dissapointed at lisense policy - petteri2
repply to kknopp>For one, if you bought Snak within 2 years of said uprade it cost you nothing.
this is not the point, point is he changed license policy after we bought the software.
>If you bought it after that it cost you LESS than full price.
no it doesn't
>The only people that payed FULL price I believe were NEW buyers.
wrong
>I don't think paying for a IRC application EVERY 10 years is asking for a lot.
10 years? try 2 years as stated clearly on snak homepage.
>That is the last time Ken asked for "new money"
That was the last time i trusted license of shareware.
>So your complaints are a bit invalid.
Think again.
Wednesday, October 04 2006 @ 04:49 AM PDT
License policy spelled out in large friendly letters and short words. - SnakDev
A Snak license key is valid forever. It never expires.You can upgrade to any new version for free within two years after purchase or renewal. A renewal is $19 and covers you for another two years. The initial purchase is $29.
The license will continue to work forever in whatever version you are using when the two years are up.
If you don't want to upgrade, you don't have to. You can continue to use Snak for as long as you want without paying anything but the initial fee.
Friday, October 13 2006 @ 07:43 PM PDT
License policy spelled out in large friendly letters and short words - SnakDev
A Snak license key is valid forever. It never expires.You can upgrade to any new version for free within two years after purchase or renewal. A renewal is $19 and covers you for another two years. The initial purchase is $29.
The license will continue to work forever in whatever version you are using when the two years are up.
If you don't want to upgrade, you don't have to. You can continue to use Snak for as long as you want without paying anything but the initial fee.
Friday, October 13 2006 @ 07:47 PM PDT
THE NEW License policy spelled out in large friendly letters and short words - petteri2
as it seems, you allready changed the license policy AFTER they bought it originally, what stops you changing it again on backwards again?Sales speach - Buy this and never spend money on this again.
Update - You used this 3 years and we need more money, your original license is not valid anymore for free updates.
I see the workload is big on universal if you used something else than Xcode, but the way the license was revoked single sided was handled the worst kind of way. No warning, no emails no customer questioners, nada, just slam bam and to the cash register.
Sunday, December 17 2006 @ 01:08 AM PST
License policy stinks - cryptoc
I also bought when "free upgrades forever" were promised. Frankly, most new versions have brought little but bug fixes. It's just not worth upgrading, even now that I would prefer a Universal binary. Certainly not at $30 a year. If colloquy didn't open a new window/growl notification for every private message or notification I'd be using that instead.Reply to This
Sunday, June 04 2006 @ 07:25 AM PDT