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Comment by flanked-evergl

13 days ago

How dare a developer expect revenue for his work, especially from users who we all know are, in fact, entitled to get everything for free.

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no-name-here  12 days ago

> users who we all know are, in fact, entitled to get everything for free

That kind of thing is explicitly required under HN rules - if a company requires payment, it's only OK to post if a “workaround” to avoid paying is available.

Additionally, HN explicitly say it's OK:

* For HN comments to ask how to get around payment requirements, and

* For HN users to help other users to get around payment requirements

Source: Official HN FAQ page

  • asdfaoeu  12 days ago

    Why should HN be allowed to have rules on what content is allowed to be posted? People are of course free to not post.

akoboldfrying  13 days ago

Thank you for saying this. It's literally insane to me how thoroughly entrenched this sense of entitlement has become. It's at the point where it can't even be parodied, because a chunk of society, maybe even the majority, seriously holds the view that they are entitled to any software thing they want for free.

account42  13 days ago

If he wants revenue he can restrict his product to paying users. Double dipping with the popularty of free access only to abuse users with spychological manipulation spam should never be accepted.

  • tweetle_beetle  13 days ago

    Depending on your definition, shareware models have been around for 40 years at this point. If you disagree with the terms, don't use it. That's a personal decision though, not a global moral position.