$49 a YEAR! – useless

  • I invested in this plugin a long time ago… and let my license lapse ( it’s not worth $49 a year compared to several other plugins )… and once you’re on their list.. it appears that you cannot use their FREE VERSION again! (Their system checks and just tells you, to ‘renew’ your $49 SUBSCRIPTION) I hate Subscription ware! .. always try to just buy a LIFETIME for a GOOD plugin and avoid the .. Renew at FULL PRICE scheme. All I get is a DARKENED FROZEN SCREEN… and a NAG to purchase the Premium Version! Why this plugin is so popular and expensive is AMAZING to me! I’m glad others find it so. Can’t give ZERO Stars!

    • This topic was modified 6 months, 3 weeks ago by estacey2013.
    • This topic was modified 6 months, 2 weeks ago by estacey2013. Reason: Price
    • This topic was modified 6 months, 2 weeks ago by estacey2013.
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  • Plugin Author Joachim Jensen

    (@intoxstudio)

    Hi,

    I am sorry to hear about this experience. There is a few things I want to clarify which makes me believe that this review is for a different plugin:

    1. Content Aware Sidebars Pro starts at $49, there is no plan that costs $45.
    2. If a license key for Content Aware Sidebars Pro expires, features already paid for will continue to work on the site(s) where it’s installed. Only future updates and email support will become inaccessible.
    3. The free and Pro version of Content Aware Sidebars are separate plugins. If both are activated at the same time, Pro will take precedence, but it will never interfere with free features.

    If this review is indeed for Content Aware Sidebars Pro and there has been a mistake, please don’t hesitate to get in touch here: https://dev.institute/contact/

    Thread Starter estacey2013

    (@estacey2013)

    Thanks for Clarifying the Price of this.. plugin.. I’m no beginner when it comes to WordPress.. nor am I stingy – I like to pay for what I get. In the case of ‘this’ plugin… I did invest in it.. ‘once’.. didn’t find use for it for awhile.. and thought.. ‘Hey, maybe it does a better job that others’.. So, I tried installing the FREE version again.. and was hit with a DARKENED SCREEN.. ‘frozen’ on the backend. Visiting your site, I was likewise HIT with a ‘RENEW’ now.. AT FULL PRICE I might add.. $49 (thanks for clarifying the price). Your ‘license’ checker.. wants MONEY.. pure and simple… As for your comment about this being from another plugin.. Please, don’t insult me by that excuse.
    And, by the way.. Explain the DARKENED Frozen Screen.. if the plugin is ‘supposed to work’ even if the license expired.. and why the ‘RENEW’ nag?!
    As for your.. Free and Paid… I installed the FREE on a completely different website under the same domain.. your system saw the ‘domain name’ and produces a DARKENED BACK END SCREEN frozen!

    • This reply was modified 6 months, 2 weeks ago by estacey2013.
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