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[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 55 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I've bought way too much software that suddenly abandons their product to launch a new subscription based version.

I'd rather choose FOSS than anything payed.

[–] nodiratime@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I boycott anything that has to be paid or is non-free.

I donate regularly to FOSS projects (that I use).

[–] rice@lemmy.org 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

also nearly all of the stuff on that site looks like garbage that will do exactly what you said.

and yes I looked at every single program.. there aren't that many