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I expected more, nothing really interesting on that list. Just the usual suspects, the same old Mac software that's (1) always on sale or (2) bundled up every

I expected more, nothing really interesting on that list. Just the usual suspects, the same old Mac software that's (1) always on sale or (2) bundled up every few months.

TheSoftwareGuy 12y ago
I had the same thought. Now I remember that most of the best software for developers is already open source.
- eps 12y ago
  Simply not true on Windows. Hardly true on OS X, but otherwise, yes, gcc is free.
ForHackernews 12y ago
Reading this list makes me happy I develop for/with Linux.
- netheril96 12y ago
  Eh, the fact that there are a lot of paid software for Mac is not indication of the lack of open source software. It only suggests a healthy market. There a lot of open source software for Mac, too, and I frankly does not use any software on this list. In fact, the POSIX nature of Mac OS X means that the majority of open source software on Linux are also available for OS X.
  - redacted 12y ago
    I never understand this mindset, where OS X having a thriving independent software ecosystem -- something that I would expect HN to support, startups doing well and all that -- is a negative.
    - jalcine 12y ago
      People just want to make (even more) money.
- thejosh 12y ago
  The only software I pay for is my IDE :).
tekacs 12y ago
Several of the services here are pretty interesting (Slack, DigitalOcean, Algolia (they run HN's search)): http://www.producthunt.com/e/black-friday-startup-toolkit http://www.producthunt.com/e/black-friday-startup-toolkit
jqm 12y ago
Indeed. They should call it "Mac Friday" deals. Sqlite manager pro? Really? Someone would pay for that?