Hey guys, thank you all very much for your comments! I just woke up, I did not really believe my post would get this much attention, so thanks!

Honestly, I was a hoping that giving attention to this problem here at HN might lead to someone from Github actually noticing my problem and looking into it.

I think I will try solving it with a lawyer. But it would be really cool if I could spend my days writing code instead of dealing with lawyers and stuff.

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brnt 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> But it would be really cool if I could spend my days writing code instead of dealing with lawyers and stuff.

I think anybody in any line of work or life would like that. It's however unlikely to never run into an issue where a lawyer is really needed, so don't hesitate when you realize you need one.

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Kivan_net 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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flanked-evergl 2 hours ago | parent [-]

How dare a developer expect revenue for his work, especially from users who we all know are, in fact, entitled to get everything for free.

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akoboldfrying an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Thank you for saying this. It's literally insane to me how thoroughly entrenched this sense of entitlement has become. It's at the point where it can't even be parodied, because a chunk of society, maybe even the majority, seriously holds the view that they are entitled to any software thing they want for free.

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account42 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

If he wants revenue he can restrict his product to paying users. Double dipping with the popularty of free access only to abuse users with spychological manipulation spam should never be accepted.

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tweetle_beetle an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Depending on your definition, shareware models have been around for 40 years at this point. If you disagree with the terms, don't use it. That's a personal decision though, not a global moral position.

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akoboldfrying an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

If you want to use it despite the ads, use it.

If you don't, don't.

It's that simple. Be an adult, make a choice and live with it.

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account42 an hour ago | parent [-]

That's not how the world works. Spamware kills honest alternatives so you won't have a choice.

	▲	akoboldfrying an hour ago \| parent [-]
		How does it kill them? ETA: I dispute the implication that "honest" software is a category that necessarily excludes all ad-supported software, but that's a side story.