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What if I paid for all my free software? (www.cynicusrex.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've always felt guilty by taking for granted the rare breed of virtuous humans that provide free excellent software without relying on advertising. Let's change that and pay, how much would I “lose” anyway?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Good article 👍

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Excluding really good software such as f-droid just because it somehow mentions cryptocurrency? Seems ridiculous

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Seems, yes, but I've got my reasons: Money corrupts; bitcoin corrupts absolutely.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

yeah, i'd understanding rejecting software promoting crypto, like brave, but rejecting apps for accepting crypto donations is kinda kinky fetish in my book, also if you cancel f-droid just because they allow crypto related apps you should ban whole distros for hosting crypto packages in heir repositories

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I like chiping in when I can. Now that I'm in college I can't spare too much. :(

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It's great to donate if you can, but if you can't, then appreciate the public good that these programmers have done and don't feel guilty for using free software for free.

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

you seems to be the kind of person who like the "pay your price" system

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You mean the pay what you want strategy, right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

yes, or "give your price" i don't remember the exact name, probably different from every websites

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