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They got bought out and not only was the adware removed, the guy was fired. If anything the lesson is there is never a follow up or redemption arc for giving s
by scruffyherder 4y ago
They got bought out and not only was the adware removed, the guy was fired.
If anything the lesson is there is never a follow up or redemption arc for giving stuff away for free.
The plus is all the trendy concern trolls are on Github, so I live peacefully among the ancient ruins of sourceforge.net
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