Hi. First, thanks for actually writing these drivers for various things. I am trying to buy the Windows audio drivers for CoolStar SST Audio (AVS) [AUE ONLY] for my Celeron N3350 based Asus Chromebook 432.
It says on this site that they are $5. But on Patreon the cost is $5/mo. I tried to find out if they are subscription based drivers or pay once on patreon but all the FAQ and such are locked behind paid upgrades.
If I buy the $5 drivers by using Patreon’s $5/mo sign-up will I be charged for $5 or for $5/mo?
per the instructions, you sign up and then cancel. it’s a 1-time fee
Thanks for the explicit instruction. Couldn’t find it. Sound good.
Okay, I paid and signed up and now I can read the FAQ which says,
6. Help, I replaced my SSD and the driver no longer works!
Generate a new unsigned license and send an email to [email protected] with the new unsigned license and mention your situation. Note that resets are limited per account.
I thought you said this wasn’t a subscription based service? If I have to get a new license from you for any changes then this is a subscription. Please put this information more clearly on your public website instead of just hidden by a $5 paywall.
Additionally, it’s saying my patreon username doesn’t exist. Despite doing the Patreon sign up and seeing “Congrats $username, you’re now a member of CoolStar” confirmation email.
I have nothing to do with these drivers, I’m just telling you how it works.
I also don’t know how you read that FAQ entry and determined anything about a subscription. It says if you change your SSD, then the license will be invalidated, so you need to email coolstar to have it reset so you can get a new one. Nothing about a subscription or additional payment.
coolstar doesn’t frequent these forums or service requests for help here – that’s what the gmail email address is for.
Oh geez. I obviously/mistakenly thought the two big names i see everywhere re: chromebooks were the same person. Terribly sorry. I appreciate the help. Even more so in this context. ps. thank you so much for the uefi firmware utils.
It seems subscription-y to me because it has the software intentionally breaking periodically (whenever there’s a hardware change) requiring the user to request the author give them a new copy. I admit this is somewhat forced given no actual currency is exchanged, but not that forced.
the license is per device. when these drivers were originally developed, 97% of the devices available had soldered internal storage, and using the SSD serial was an easily used, fixed identifier. It wasn’t intended to be periodically breaking.