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tldr is that you can hide the button that asks for payment and it says "purchase immich" instead of "purchase liscence"

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

Technicality of usage rights is very relevant, framing as a purchase where it actually isn't is dishonest and the fact that they make more money being dishonest doesn't make it right. Other than that you used an awful lot of words to basically agree with me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I've basically agreed with you this whole time, see my initial comment regarding the difference between the previous comtribution model and the new request for purchase:

Yeah, functionally it's the same.

However we're drawing different conclusions about the situation. You say it's misleading and morally wrong to refer to "buying" this software, I say it isn't and that it's actually a helpful perceptual change in fostering support from their users.

I don't really think there's anything else to say beyond that. If you don't like how Immich is handling their software, don't use it.