Jure Repinc@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoWhy 'free' proprietary software will always end in tearsdavelane.nzexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1177arrow-down15cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareddh@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 days agoYep, one free and one paid app I have used for a while recently moved previously entitled functionality behind subscription paywalls. Serves me right. Will stick to libre apps from here and suffer that way instead.
minus-squareM600@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoThe app was really good and I’d be willing to pay for it, but not a subscription just to use features that are already in the app. Additionally, it’s a scanner app, who scans enough to subscribe to a scanner app but doesn’t scan enough to not just buy a scanner?
Yep, one free and one paid app I have used for a while recently moved previously entitled functionality behind subscription paywalls. Serves me right. Will stick to libre apps from here and suffer that way instead.
The app was really good and I’d be willing to pay for it, but not a subscription just to use features that are already in the app.
Additionally, it’s a scanner app, who scans enough to subscribe to a scanner app but doesn’t scan enough to not just buy a scanner?