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Why 'free' proprietary software will always end in tears (davelane.nz)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] yesman 36 points 2 months ago (3 children)

This is bad. Lane's argument is that freemium software is tore up from the floor up. You'd get the impression reading this summery that he was just bitching about one program his Boy Scout troop used.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And now they truly don't need to read it because you corrected it, in the end they won!

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe not everyone sees the world as win/lose, black/white, 1/0... weird concept, i know...

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Ok then, "in the end they didn't learn anything"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

summery

That's bright and sunny.