venting, paid software, piracy, etc.
I'm kind of sick of the way some people talk about paid software, going so far as to call people 'freeloaders' or worse things when they use cracked versions.
Like, yeah, sure, software developers need to eat. But *so do other people* and the reality is that an awful lot of people who use cracked software do so because they literally cannot afford it.
If you care so much about sustainable software development, why does your thought process terminate at "charge a purchase/subscription fee and demand that people pay it", instead of continuing to think about *more inclusive* ways to make things sustainable?
Why do you refuse to think about anything beyond "every single user must pay"?
venting, paid software, piracy, etc. (2)
Like, there's at least two parties involved in every transaction, and if you're only ever thinking about the needs of one of them, what the fuck are you even doing? Because it sure isn't "making sure people have food on the table"!
