• pablodaniel@lemmings.world
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    10 months ago

    “Access to macOS and Windows releases are currently restricted to sponsors, a 5 USD monthly sponsorship is required.”

    Really scummy on their part.

    You should be able to build from source yourself to get a Windows version, although the process looks like a pain in the ass.

    Curse whoever floated the idea to lock releases behind paywalls. We should not encourage this behavior.

    Do not give them your money.

    • Chewy@discuss.tchncs.de
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      10 months ago

      Really scummy on their part.

      Anyone is free to build it themselves. Someone could even distribute their own build from the same source under a different name completely legally.

      They bank on users being lazy and then pay for the convenience.

      • Draconic NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        10 months ago

        Anyone is free to build it themselves. Someone could even distribute their own build from the same source under a different name completely legally.

        You could just as easily in the spirit of this community do it with the same name and code, same way they do it for cracked games. Don’t tell me it’s not done because there are security concerns, you have no way to tell if cracked games contain secret malware in them yet people still distribute and download those.

        They bank on users being lazy and then pay for the convenience.

        And also pirates to not outright rip them off, which seems to be working for some reason…