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Re:Hemingway App now available by pdpi on Wednesday July 23, 2014 @11:14AM (#8074781)
> You don't get a demo of a movie when you buy it

They're called "trailers".

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Re:Hemingway App now available by briandear on Wednesday July 23, 2014 @11:24AM (#8074844)
And in software, it's called "screenshots."
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Re:Hemingway App now available by comeonnow on Wednesday July 23, 2014 @01:39PM (#8075681)
If trailers are to films as screenshots are to software, then demos are to software as what exactly are to films?

I think your argument is defunct, and I don't think it's bad to expect a demo, no matter how expensive or inexpensive a bit of software may be.

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