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Re:The Magic Behind the Scenes of Docker Desktop by somedangedname on Sunday September 12, 2021 @08:22AM (#28500503)
You give people something cool for years at no cost and now they're pissed that they have to compensate you for your labor.

The way that people value software these days is completely insane.

People writing you hate mail are bad clients that you don't want and you can feel free to ignore them.

Also watch this video that was doing the rounds on HN a couple of years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVkLVRt6c1U&t=54s

Your app looks neat - I'll go try it out.

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Re:The Magic Behind the Scenes of Docker Desktop by MrGilbert on Sunday September 12, 2021 @08:56AM (#28500717)
> The way that people value software these days is completely insane.

It has been like that since the 2000. It gained wider traction when app stores (looking at you, Apple!) started with a baseline of 0.99 USD in 2009. That's just outright insane. I'd be better off giving away my app for free, because people are lot less demanding when they didn't pay for something.

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