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I paid for it because it's valuable and deserves payment. I get paid for doing work in which I use it. I want its maker to continue to thrive and sustain it (a

I paid for it because it's valuable and deserves payment. I get paid for doing work in which I use it. I want its maker to continue to thrive and sustain it (a wish, I admit, that has not panned out as expected; development on Sublime Text is incredibly slow). All ethical logic says I should pay and so I did. What makes you think that "nobody" pays for Sublime? Perhaps you mean, "I'm using this essential tool without paying for and I'd like to believe that lots of other people are also cheating its maker and would they please give me some rationalizations I can use to make myself feel better?" What's the question exactly?

jmdevivo 11y ago
Sublime text is purposefully "winrar free" (free to use but asks accepts payment for a license). I do agree that the developer has made a product of worth and I myself will be purchasing a license shortly to support him/her. However, it is not "morally" better to pay for the software or not as the developer has chosen to make it freely available to all with an internet connection. Oh and to answer the original question (why do so many use sublime text without purchasing it), its because they don't want to spend the money and don't have to in order to use the editor