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“Again, a bold move that doesn’t quite walk the line of honesty.” In a world of googles facebooks and amazons calling this guy dishonest is…dishonest in itself
by yrgulation 4y ago
“Again, a bold move that doesn’t quite walk the line of honesty.”
In a world of googles facebooks and amazons calling this guy dishonest is…dishonest in itself. As others have said he could have simply created a new mirc or just abandon it. Instead he was _honest_ about it. Instead of making all sorts of dodgy deals that sell our data he states his intentions and his reasons. I applaud this move even if i am affected by it.
- horsawlarway 4y agoHe took money in exchange for a lifetime license, and is now revoking those licenses. I don't see how you can ever call that "honest" unless we have fundamentally different ideas about what honesty is. It can be honest to say: I made a term I can't support - I am going out of business as a result. It can be honest to say: I made a term that is no longer worth my time - I am going to stop working on this as a result. It's sure as fuck not honest to say: I want the marketing from the current name and user base, but I made a bad deal so I'm going to break my terms because I want more money. It feels like he's trying to have his cake and eat it too. Frankly - I'd much rather he own by just going out of business or by end-of-lifing the product and launching a new one.