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From the website: "Shareware is coming back, baby." I've been on Linux for a while now and have not come across the word shareware in a long time. Odd the it m
by O1111OOO 6y ago
From the website: "Shareware is coming back, baby."
I've been on Linux for a while now and have not come across the word shareware in a long time. Odd the it makes me feel nostalgic and (oddly) hopeful (that is: a business model that doesn't rely on tracking, ads or some nebulous behind the scenes actions to monetize you).
Nice, straightforward, simple business transaction. Software sales (especially shareware) is really tough. Wish the author some success for his efforts.
- samb1729 6y agoI can confirm from monitoring the traffic coming out of Ripcord that it doesn't track anything about you at all. It's wonderful. It'll check for updates on launch, performing a single HTTP request, but if you really like you can disable that with an environment variable on first launch and a configuration option going forward. We need more software like this, honestly. I hate how we as users have to depend on enormous multinational entities to get back the privacy we once had. I happily paid for my Ripcord license and I'd recommend it to anyone else who cares about the same things I do :)