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From the web site: > Notably is completely free! That's a bit misleading, freedom means different things to different people. You explain that later as "free
by rhn_mk1 8y ago
From the web site:
> Notably is completely free!
That's a bit misleading, freedom means different things to different people. You explain that later as "free of charge", which is good, but the first impression is still bad.
- chris140957 8y agoNot sure I agree with that. What else could free mean in the context?
- rhn_mk1 8y agoWell, there's not much context... the website presents a software, and that's it. But software freedom is an established concept, at least as much as much as freeware is. There's no clear idea what definition is in use when someone looks just at the headings.
- cercatrova 8y agoTo the average consumer, free means free of charge rather than free as in liberty. Very few people would think the latter when talking about the word "free" in the context of a product, of which the majority are developers, and even still, developers who are acquainted with the free software movement which is some fraction of that majority. The copy on the page is clear to most people and is therefore good enough without needing to introduce consumers to the concept of software liberty, which would be more confusing and drive less conversion than just using the word "free."
- rhn_mk1 8y ago> and drive less conversion than just using the word "free." I'm addressing the issue of being unclear. Sure, you can drive even more conversion by being outright misleading, but I'm hoping that's not the author's goal.