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 2 hours 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 2 hours 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 2 hours 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 2 hours ago | parent [-]

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

	▲	akoboldfrying 2 hours 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.