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Re:The problem of shitty software is you because you pay for... by kitsunesoba on Thursday September 20, 2018 @04:18PM (#18035137)
For this reason I will often buy high quality software as soon as I’m made aware of it even if I won’t be using it often. When it comes to making a choice between slightly pricey high quality and free or cheap mediocre, I’ll opt for the former every time. I believe that if enough people vote with their wallets, change will come.

Whatever handful of coins I save going with crappy cheap or free software just isn’t worth the frustration and lost time that’s sure to come as part of the deal.

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Re:The problem of shitty software is you because you pay for... by collyw on Friday September 21, 2018 @09:35AM (#18039547)
What do you consider high quality and what do you consider crappy cheap? Word is superior to Libre Office in most respects, but for the amount that I use a word processor even Google docs works fine for me.
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