Al,
two points and a challenge:
1. You do not need Growl 1.3 to use Growl because the Growl 1.3 app is only the
UI to the new Growl backend. That backend is still free and comes with
Growl-using apps.
2. Who do you think you are that you have the nerve to complain that something
that *obviously* has value for you isn't free any more? For what it's worth
(note that I am NOT part of the dev team, just another independent dev who
integrates Growl into my own apps), I applaud the fact that Growl *finally*
charges for their hard work (not enough IMHO, but that's another story). Giving
out freebies produces this terrible mindset of 'entitlement' that you exhibit:
'I am entitled to get everything free, and everyone ELSE should provide it to
me'. YOU should be ashamed of yourself. Nobody sucked you in. You got something
of value for free, and after using it (and deriving it's benefit) you complain
that a new service (the Growl 1.3 App) isn't free?
> or better yet when there is a free
> competitor and the developers start to switch.
Put up or shut up. Why don't YOU develop a worthy competitor, get the other
devs to switch, and then distribute your work for free? What, someone ELSE
should do that, too? Right.
> I wonder if you will post this.
You really should learn about the Growl dev team's integrity. Maybe they should
have filtered your post - to protect yours.
-ch
On 7 Nov 2011, at 09:56, Al wrote:
> Shame on you guys. You get all of these app developers to use growl
> based on it being free so we will install it - then you decide to
> start charging for the app when we have no choice because everyone has
> come to depend on you for the functionality because it was free - and
> then finally you make the paid version buggy so it doesn't work and
> isn't a smooth upgrade path. I'm going back to 1.2.2 until you can
> write code worthy of getting paid, or better yet when there is a free
> competitor and the developers start to switch.
>
> Shame. Shame. Shame.
>
> I wonder if you will post this.
>
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