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   Corbin Davenport (corbin@toot.community)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Dec-2023 23:54:26 JST Corbin Davenport

   “There are only two demographics that are willing to pay for good software: corporations and video gamers. We’ve somehow blundered our way into a world where everyone else expects software to be free.” 👏 https://stackoverflow.blog/2023/12/25/is-software-getting-worse/

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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Dec-2023 23:55:32 JST feld

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     • Nick
     @corbin @nick You forgot Apple users who readily pay for lots of software, many from indy devs
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     Nick (nick@toot.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 28-Dec-2023 00:12:36 JST Nick

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     @feld @corbin I’m happy to pay for software, especially to indie devs, but we all must recognize we’re in the minority. I think Isaac’s post here, which examines the software industry in its entirety, is correct.

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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Thursday, 28-Dec-2023 00:14:52 JST feld

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     @nick @corbin I'm in total agreement here -- nobody wants to pay for software and they even get mad if you suggest it shouldn't be 100% free