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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] freakrho 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

think about all the resources currently spent on stopping people from using software

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Reworded: Think of all the resources spent on making sure people don’t steal the software you paid to make.

I’m all for open source software. But if a company spends money paying employees, they need to not go out of business.

Now, do I think they overcharge? Yes. Do I think their subscription model is offensive? Yes. Are there other alternatives: Affinity Photo, you pay once for the version. Yours forever.