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| Posted by sjb007 at Dec 27, 2025, 9:08:07 PM |
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Re: Remove Account @KelvinUceta See https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,14202_offset,0 I certainly raised what appears to be a move to monetize SH3D in that thread. As far as I'm aware it is mostly an updated UI on the Win/Mac desktop, along with bundling of of existing model sets with the app (i.e. convenience). There may be some additional models. The major "improvement" seems to be the iPad/iOS version. To me that would be a horrible user experience, but to each their own I guess. They (SM) haven't really actually "announced" or "released" anything the open source way, so it is not obvious what has changed, and whether any of these changes will make their way into the original free application. I suspect nothing. Expect any future SH3D to be closed source and focusing on subscriptions. At least with Apple the subscription costs are detailed on the app store page. Frankly, I think they are nutty - a perpetual Mac desktop purchase is £180! With Microsoft, the costs don't seem to be detailed on the store page - just "In-App Purchases". So I guess you have to install the paid version first to discover what they cost?!? I don't know as I don't use/login to Microsoft's page. Because of the natural disposition of Linux users and the difficulty of monetizing them, we should probably expect to be left out in the cold completely. The truth is, I used SH3D for testing layouts while planning a single personal project. I don't use SH3D for fun. I also ran into limitations, and graduated to using Bonsai on Blender. Massive learning curve, but gave me things I couldn't easily get with SH3D, like professional looking floor plans and sections. It is probably too hard for casual users to get into, so I don't expect many here would find it of interest. Unlike SH3D, no single person owns the code-base. Because many different people have contributed to Bonsai under GPL, it is and always will be open source because every single contributor must give consent to use another license, or their contributions must be removed and re-written with a clean room implementation. Even if someone tried a hostile conversion to closed source, it's on Github, so it's trivial to fork. |
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