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Re:macOS Catalina by scarface74 on Monday October 07, 2019 @08:16PM (#21187381)
Counterpoint: BareBones software has continuously updated BBEdit as Apple transitioned from:

- 68K Classic MacOS

- PPC Classic MacOS

- PPC OS X

- x86 MacOS

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Re:macOS Catalina by selectodude on Monday October 07, 2019 @09:36PM (#21187841)
BBEdit is not a real time audio engine. It’s a text editor. And they’ve released thirteen versions which all require a relatively substantial amount of money to upgrade.
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Re:macOS Catalina by scarface74 on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @06:40AM (#21190735)
And what’s the problem with paying for software you use?
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Re:macOS Catalina by selectodude on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @09:02AM (#21191771)
Nothing. But it's in their best interest to keep it working since they're going to charge you for the upgrade that continues to work.
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Re:macOS Catalina by scarface74 on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @12:47PM (#21194212)
Isn’t that also a good thing - that a company has a business model that allows them to keep supporting an app for almost two decades?

What alternative would you prefer? That Apple ships the latest MacOS with a 68K emulator, a PPC emulator, all of the 32 bit libraries, classic MacOS in a VM, and all of the Carbon libraries forever?

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Re:macOS Catalina by flomo on Monday October 07, 2019 @09:27PM (#21187797)
However BareBones did drop TextWrangler, and that's one of the thing that's going to keep me on Mojave for a while.
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Re:macOS Catalina by wl on Monday October 07, 2019 @09:33PM (#21187825)
What's the issue with using BBEdit in free mode?
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Re:macOS Catalina by flomo on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @12:29AM (#21200028)
Didn't know it existed - thanks!
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