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It's not about ethics, it's about what's reasonable. Yeah it sucks that the author can't uphold the lifetime license, but the alternative is that he closes up s
by coupdejarnac 4y ago
It's not about ethics, it's about what's reasonable. Yeah it sucks that the author can't uphold the lifetime license, but the alternative is that he closes up shop. $20 frickin dollars, man. Less than $1 per year, and you're complaining about ethics. Some people enjoy eating and paying for housing.
Nobody wants to be your customer with the expectation that they are cheated out of value. However, who has been cheated out of value in this case? Noone. The app provided more than $1/year of value for its users. Whoever paid for mirc got their money's worth and more.
I'd love to see a poll about what percentage of people complaining about ethics have ever run a small business. I stopped developing iOS apps, because it's not possible to write the software once and charge once. You have to grind through bullshit API changes every year, and users want something for nothing.
- jqpabc123 4y agoI stopped developing iOS apps, because it's not possible to write the software once and charge once. Good. You did the honorable and ethical thing. Or, you could have changed to a paid support model for new customers only. But you're arguing for a very different approach --- changing the license after lifetime support was sold. This is not good --- or ethical. It doesn't even make sense from a business perspective. How many people will pay again after they were lied to? They have no reason to believe the new license will be honored any better than the old one. Credibility has been lost.