I don't know if it is just me or a broader trend. But it feels like more and more lifetime deals shut down with no compensation before they even matured into a real product alternative.
Like with straico I was always waiting for an iphone app to use it. Or an API that would really work with locally run integrations. But it never did. So again money down the drain.
It seems the era of appsumo lifetime deals comes to an end. there are fewer and fewer products that actually provide value (and are not just copycats or cheap rip-offs).
And of those that are promising in the beginning, most shut down in the next 24 months.
So I don't know if buying lifetime deals is still something to rely on. I will be more reluctant in the future.