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Tell HN: Photopea refuses to create or open files if you have an ad blocker

10 points by mdwalters 3y ago

It works with an ad blocker just a few hours before, so I assume it would be a recent update. https://i.imgur.com/NAxZQKf.png

mdwalters 3y ago
Clickable links: https://i.imgur.com/NAxZQKf.png https://i.imgur.com/NAxZQKf.png
jaggs 3y ago
Which seems perfectly reasonable considering it's a totally free product, which relies on ad revenue to fund running and development costs?
- netr0ute 3y ago
  Why not make it free and open source?
  - troupo 3y ago
    Because being free and open source will not fund running and development costs?
    - netr0ute 3y ago
      If it's FOSS, then development costs are 0.
      - Retr0id 3y ago
        That's not what FOSS means.
      - nemothekid 3y ago
        This reply has broken my brain. Are there seriously people who think like this?
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      - troupo 3y ago
        People spend 0 development hours on FOSS? Because that's the only way dev costs are zero.
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  - space_fountain 3y ago
    Well because people need money to eat and because lots of effort would go it it
    - lopkeny12ko 3y ago
      "People need money to eat" is not mutually exclusive with "writing free and open source software." "lots of effort would go it it" is true regardless of software licensing.
      - space_fountain 3y ago
        But the effort would not be compensated by this capitalistic world we live in
  - mtlynch 3y ago
    It requires work to create and maintain it, so it's reasonable for the developer to be compensated for that work. It would be great if all software were free and open-source, but it makes it hard to incentivize people to create that software if they're not being compensated. Photopea has a paid version, so people who don't want ads can just use that version.
- TowerTall 3y ago
  Yes, perfectly reasonable. I bought a license for it to overcome this problem.
jrockway 3y ago
You'll need an ad blocker blocker blocker.
krackers 3y ago
Already fixed https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/20232 https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/20232
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- arkoth 3y ago
  That's quick. Is gorhill a robot?

10 points by mdwalters 3y ago

It works with an ad blocker just a few hours before, so I assume it would be a recent update. https://i.imgur.com/NAxZQKf.png

mdwalters 3y ago

Clickable links: https://i.imgur.com/NAxZQKf.png https://i.imgur.com/NAxZQKf.png

jaggs 3y ago

Which seems perfectly reasonable considering it's a totally free product, which relies on ad revenue to fund running and development costs?

netr0ute 3y ago
Why not make it free and open source?
- troupo 3y ago
  Because being free and open source will not fund running and development costs?
  - netr0ute 3y ago
    If it's FOSS, then development costs are 0.
    - Retr0id 3y ago
      That's not what FOSS means.
    - nemothekid 3y ago
      This reply has broken my brain. Are there seriously people who think like this?
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    - troupo 3y ago
      People spend 0 development hours on FOSS? Because that's the only way dev costs are zero.
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- space_fountain 3y ago
  Well because people need money to eat and because lots of effort would go it it
  - lopkeny12ko 3y ago
    "People need money to eat" is not mutually exclusive with "writing free and open source software." "lots of effort would go it it" is true regardless of software licensing.
    - space_fountain 3y ago
      But the effort would not be compensated by this capitalistic world we live in
- mtlynch 3y ago
  It requires work to create and maintain it, so it's reasonable for the developer to be compensated for that work. It would be great if all software were free and open-source, but it makes it hard to incentivize people to create that software if they're not being compensated. Photopea has a paid version, so people who don't want ads can just use that version.
TowerTall 3y ago
Yes, perfectly reasonable. I bought a license for it to overcome this problem.

jrockway 3y ago

You'll need an ad blocker blocker blocker.

krackers 3y ago

Already fixed https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/20232 https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/20232

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arkoth 3y ago
That's quick. Is gorhill a robot?