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Did appcelerator steal your blankie ? It's annouing dealing with developers like this that feel entitled to everything for free.

masukomi 14y ago
... free? I don't give a shit about free vs. paid. I give a shit about how morally broken it is to practice extortion on your customers (free or otherwise). I've got no problem with paying for good service. Are you suggesting that it is unreasonable to be upset about a company you deal with trying to extort thousands of pounds from people?
- true_religion 14y ago
  Not your customers... your clients. If you make an app for someone on a contract basis, then its theirs. Appcelerator might go after then because they're the ones running the project in breach---you're just the developer.
- juanbyrge 14y ago
  I don't mean to sound patronizing but that's how sales (and business) works. Like it or not when you sign up for apcelerator you are part of their sales life cycle. And sometimes there might be confusion about who to contact about upgrading to a pro license. Sounds like an isolated human error. If you can't handle the prospect of being contacted by companies don't develop using their sdk, stick with developing apps for gnome or openbsd. Also you sound so bitter. Give forgiveness a chance.
  - wpietri 14y ago
    You wrote "Did appcelerator steal your blankie?", which is quite literally treating him like he's a three-year-old and you claim you didn't mean to sound patronizing? What else could have you possibly meant with that as an opening sentence? Also, you aggressively miss the point. He's not upset about being contacted. He's upset about having them threaten to take down his app.
benmanns 14y ago
If someone licenses a product to you for free, you are entitled to it for free, without the worry of having the vendor extort both you and your clients.

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Did appcelerator steal your blankie ? It's annouing dealing with developers like this that feel entitled to everything for free.

by juanbyrge 14y ago

masukomi 14y ago
... free? I don't give a shit about free vs. paid. I give a shit about how morally broken it is to practice extortion on your customers (free or otherwise). I've got no problem with paying for good service. Are you suggesting that it is unreasonable to be upset about a company you deal with trying to extort thousands of pounds from people?
- true_religion 14y ago
  Not your customers... your clients. If you make an app for someone on a contract basis, then its theirs. Appcelerator might go after then because they're the ones running the project in breach---you're just the developer.
- juanbyrge 14y ago
  I don't mean to sound patronizing but that's how sales (and business) works. Like it or not when you sign up for apcelerator you are part of their sales life cycle. And sometimes there might be confusion about who to contact about upgrading to a pro license. Sounds like an isolated human error. If you can't handle the prospect of being contacted by companies don't develop using their sdk, stick with developing apps for gnome or openbsd. Also you sound so bitter. Give forgiveness a chance.
  - wpietri 14y ago
    You wrote "Did appcelerator steal your blankie?", which is quite literally treating him like he's a three-year-old and you claim you didn't mean to sound patronizing? What else could have you possibly meant with that as an opening sentence? Also, you aggressively miss the point. He's not upset about being contacted. He's upset about having them threaten to take down his app.
benmanns 14y ago
If someone licenses a product to you for free, you are entitled to it for free, without the worry of having the vendor extort both you and your clients.