Hackulous is gone

JStrike said:
Ah, the trailer trash of the internet
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Lol whatever, oh mighty superdeveloper. I release my apps for free, and see no need to charge extortionate prices for it. I donate to free and open source projects. I do not, however, pay for apps. And R500 - R800 for new games? Bullshyte.
 
Bar0n said:
Lol whatever, oh mighty superdeveloper. I release my apps for free, and see no need to charge extortionate prices for it. I donate to free and open source projects. I do not, however, pay for apps. And R500 - R800 for new games? Bullshyte.
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Ah yes, because you donate your software for free, you are entitled to other people's work for free, despite their wishes.
Classy
 
Releasing a lite version of an app is a fairly risky business decision. You need to have a clear pain point where customers will demonstrably purchase in order to get the full version. It works very well in some cases especially services like Dropbox or Evernote, but can be disastrous when customers realize they can pretty much get what they want in the free version. But point is, it is a strategic choice, not an entitlement.
 
JStrike said:
Ah yes, because you donate your software for free, you are entitled to other people's work for free, despite their wishes.
Classy
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I really couldn't care less. Every year the development studios complain about piracy, threaten to close their doors, and every year they rake in record profits. 95% of software developers (not involved in freeware/opensource dev) are greedy bastards and should be treated as such.

Also several big software devs really don't care if their products get pirated. It's either those who are anal or have a highly increased sense of self-importance who kick up a racket about it.
 
Bar0n said:
I really couldn't care less. Every year the development studios complain about piracy, threaten to close their doors, and every year they rake in record profits. 95% of software developers (not involved in freeware/opensource dev) are greedy bastards and should be treated as such.

Also several big software devs really don't care if their products get pirated. It's either those who are anal or have a highly increased sense of self-importance who kick up a racket about it.
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Ah, ok. So the studio's make large profits, so you are are entitled to steal their software.
Bet the guy that burglarizes your house has a similar mindset
 
JStrike said:
Ah, ok. So the studio's make large profits, so you are are entitled to steal their software.
Bet the guy that burglarizes your house has a similar mindset
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Stealing != Making a copy.

And they're not losing a potential profit since I don't buy software.
 
JStrike said:
No. If I don't want people to try my app before they buy, that is my right as the dev of the app
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Fair enough, but then you still have this problem where people will simply pirate it and you don't make any sales at all.

If your App is decent then there shouldn't be any reason for you not to offer a trial/demo/lite version.


I find that the Apps that never offer these are normally the pretty ****ty ones that try and fluke people into just spending the $1 or $2 and then because it's so little money people don't care too much if it's rubbish.


You should make millions selling an App that does absolutely bugger all if you marketed it right and got enough people to buy it purely based on expectation.
 
I have a couple of apps like that (about 20 USD worth) - reviews seemed to indicate that they would do the job, in practice, not so.

200 bucks wasted
 
Bar0n said:
Stealing != Making a copy.

And they're not losing a potential profit since I don't buy software.
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Semantics.
And your logic is just plain wrong.
If I don't want you to use my software without paying, then that is my right. You don't get to just do what you want.
You are a typical, entitled, trailer trash thief. Plain and simple
 
App vv does a better job than Installous.
 
JStrike said:
Semantics.
And your logic is just plain wrong.
If I don't want you to use my software without paying, then that is my right. You don't get to just do what you want.
You are a typical, entitled, trailer trash thief. Plain and simple
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Meh. I've heard worse, and you're just flinging mud about anyway. "Trailer trash" because I pirate? Yeah...

As for you, you have a huge sense of self importance thinking that you're making a huge loss from piracy when your app seems to be entirely unknown in general and you refuse to even speak about it.

I really don't give a damn about greedy bastards, so if your company sinks, then it sinks. Then your software isn't that good anyway. In the meantime, I will continue supporting free/opensource devs.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Fair enough, but then you still have this problem where people will simply pirate it and you don't make any sales at all.

If your App is decent then there shouldn't be any reason for you not to offer a trial/demo/lite version.


I find that the Apps that never offer these are normally the pretty ****ty ones that try and fluke people into just spending the $1 or $2 and then because it's so little money people don't care too much if it's rubbish.


You should make millions selling an App that does absolutely bugger all if you marketed it right and got enough people to buy it purely based on expectation.
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Oh, I agree that a trial version is a good idea in some circumstances. However, it is up to the developer. Not some freeloader
 
Bar0n said:
Meh. I've heard worse, and you're just flinging mud about anyway. "Trailer trash" because I pirate? Yeah...

As for you, you have a huge sense of self importance thinking that you're making a huge loss from piracy when your app seems to be entirely unknown in general and you refuse to even speak about it.

I really don't give a damn about greedy bastards, so if your company sinks, then it sinks. Then your software isn't that good anyway. In the meantime, I will continue supporting free/opensource devs.
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Then support your opensource/free software.
But don't steal other peoples work

And I am not claiming that I suffer because of piracy. I am saying people that steal other people's work are trailer trash, entitled thieves.
 
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@Bar0n do you ever donate or get actively involved with Open Source projects?

Or do you simply go ahead and use their stuff purely because it's free and therefore no need to pirate it?
 
JStrike said:
Oh, I agree that a trial version is a good idea in some circumstances. However, it is up to the developer. Not some freeloader
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Yeah look I get where you are coming from as a developer.

But as a consumer I feel a trial/demo should be mandatory OR an easier refund system should be available to consumers.


Like someone else said above I've "chanced" a number of Apps because they had no trial/demo and got shafted for doing so. Then I simply let it slide because a refund is a massive pain in the ass.
 
SauRoNZA said:
@Bar0n do you ever donate or get actively involved with Open Source projects?

Or do you simply go ahead and use their stuff purely because it's free and therefore no need to pirate it?
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Bit of both. If not for .NET development, I probably wouldn't be using Windows anymore.

I also donate money to the projects if their quality is good and because I support their ideology. I can't donate thousands of dollars obviously, but I'm willing to pay what I consider a decent price for software for a single user.
 
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