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Teen coder shuts down open source Mac app Whisky, citing harm to paid apps (arstechnica.com)
submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/opensource
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)
  1. The 18 year old should be extremely proud of themselves for making something people rely on so much.
  2. Pressure and blackmail are both nice tools but you use them against lib- opposing political parties, not FOSS devs. Pathetic skill issue that is.

Sorry for political mentions if it's a problem btw.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Why does everyone think this was pressure and blackmail?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Idk I might've misunderstood something.