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Re:Ask HN: Does Shareware still work in 2018? by IloveHN84 on Friday November 16, 2018 @01:22AM (#18466884)
Design flaw? No, I think it's called "transparency"
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Re:Ask HN: Does Shareware still work in 2018? by Uberphallus on Friday November 16, 2018 @09:25AM (#18468903)
The good old battle between privacy and transparency! Nothing better to start a heated conversation: Finland publishes all personal taxes https://taxjustice.blogspot.com/2011/11/finland-publishes-al...
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Re:Ask HN: Does Shareware still work in 2018? by jolmg on Friday November 16, 2018 @08:09AM (#18468451)
"Transparency" is a pretty word, and I like transparency in a lot of things, but not in everything, and I don't think it's good here. I've given my reasons in another comment close to this one:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18468332

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