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Re:Omni Group Layoffs by starsinspace on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @05:23AM (#22746988)
Maybe it was a mistake for the software industry to give up on the nice big colorful cardboard box with software inside it. Bought at a physical retail store, with CD-ROMs in it an a thick printed manual. Certainly gave more or a feeling of actually having bought something, different from just clicking a "buy" button in an appstore.
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Re:Omni Group Layoffs by mehdix on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @10:43AM (#22749073)
Perhaps we should move from "buy the software" to "sponsor the developer" idea, such as what GitHub is doing with the "Sponsor" button.
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Re:Omni Group Layoffs by lonelappde on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @11:19AM (#22749550)
To first order, no one donates.
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Re:Omni Group Layoffs by Ma8ee on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @04:06PM (#22753015)
We used to call that shareware.
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Re:Omni Group Layoffs by chrisseaton on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @12:23PM (#22750429)
Seems super wasteful packaging though?

And I don't know about you but the first thing I do when I get a paper manual is go online to try to find a PDF version. Seems more like a downside than a value-add?

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