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<\/p>\nXobni used to have their offices right next to ours when I lived in SF. I used their free software back in the day on Outlook (mid-2008) and it was pretty freaking cool. I was using a beta or free version of some sort but that was ages ago. I switched back to Mac and stopped using Xobni.<\/p>\n
Fast forward to last year, I moved to New Hampshire, get a job at a corporation and go back to Windows. I buy Xobni Plus for $30 in November. Then, in March there was a software update to version 2.0. Whipeeee!!! It was an exciting moment. However, all of the features I paid $29 for went away. They were gone. What happened?<\/p>\n
Xobni Pro happened. Pricing $9.99 ($7.99 at launch) for each month you use it for $50 for the year. I found this handy item that compared Xobni Free, Plus & Pro:<\/p>\n
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It would seem that, users of Xobni Plus paid $30 one time (some as far back as 2008) and that was the model and Xobni introduced cloud services and changed to a yearly model. Nothing wrong with that but some of us aren’t enterprise users meaning some of us enjoy the benefits of Xobni on Gmail, Outlook and Blackberry and don’t believe $48 a year is worth what Xobni adds especially when we were paying $30 before for 3 years and now are being asked to cough up $150 for the same time frame.<\/p>\n
What does Xobni add to us who were on a $30 lifetime plan before that is now a $50 dollar a year plan?<\/p>\n
That is NOT a value proposition in any way.<\/p>\n
I paid $30 once and had some great features and now, I’m being asked to pay $150 for the similar period and get a custom blue UI?<\/p>\n
Ridiculous<\/p>\n
Besides, I’m on an Exchange backbone meaning my contacts were already available over the air anywhere in the world on my iPhone. And, we have spam tools already and so what if I have a different UI.<\/p>\n
Xobni, to me looks like it did before except with 2.0, I see “Xobni Pro required” everywhere I go. Of course, no one is forcing me to upgrade.<\/p>\n
If you have an existing Xobni Plus license and installed Xobni 2.0, you have three options:<\/p>\n
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- Download Xobni 1.9.5 and activate Plus<\/li>\n
- Stay on 2.0 as a free user<\/li>\n
- Upgrade to Xobni Pro 2.0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Solution 1 – Revert to Xobni Plus 1.9.5<\/h3>\n
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- Make sure you have 1.9.5 installed. You can confirm your version by clicking Xobni > About. <\/strong>If you accidentally upgraded to 2.0 and want to revert, please re-install 1.9.5.<\/a><\/li>\n
- Activate Xobni Plus by clicking Xobni > Options > Xobni Plus > Activate<\/strong> and log in with your Xobni account credentials<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Solution 2 – Use Xobni 2.0 free edition<\/h3>\n
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- Download and install Xobni 2.0 from this link<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Solution 3 – Upgrade to Xobni Pro 2.0<\/h3>\n
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- Purchase Xobni Pro from our order page<\/a> (existing Plus users get Pro at a discounted price)<\/li>\n
- Download and install Xobni 2.0 from this link<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n
I can go back to 1.9.5 and stay there for life and enjoy the benefits of my one time $29 fee. My only fear is being left behind. One day there may be some killer feature I missed out on in a time where Xobni is twice as expensive and I missed out by not being grandfathered in, but until that happens, I’m going to stick with the old version.<\/p>\n
Xobni notes that I get special pricing on the new version of Xobni, but while logged into their site, I only see on price $7.99 a month or $49 a year. I am logged in with my account that has Xobni Plus registered but i see the regular pricing.<\/p>\n
Oh well, back to the old version.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Xobni used to have their offices right next to ours when I lived in SF. 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