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Re:Someone Bought 30 WordPress Plugins and Planted a Backdoo... by benbristow on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @04:52AM (#47762989)
.NET is great because you use a FOSS library and then a month later the developer changes the licence and forces you to either pay a subscription for future upgrades or swap it out.
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Re:Someone Bought 30 WordPress Plugins and Planted a Backdoo... by cylemons on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @11:51AM (#47767272)
Yeah why is this so common in .NET?
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Re:Someone Bought 30 WordPress Plugins and Planted a Backdoo... by benbristow on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @12:16PM (#47767604)
Enterprise usage. Devs know companies will just pay out. Easier than trying to get sponsored.
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