Idk about the person you replied to, but I always told my self I’ll pay for this if I ever get a well paying job. Eventually got a high paying job, and paid for a product key.
Ofc mass layoffs I’m back to struggling but at least I kept the promise I made to myself.
I’m a developer, too, and I did shareware/donationware ages ago.
I simply paid WinRAR for their work, from one honest developer to another.
And no, I would not pay today, as this was just for a windows box I used for a job at that time, and where I needed a halfway decent archiver tool, which Windows does not supply out of the box.
I usually work on Linux, where lack of fundamental tools is not an issue.
Opensource software is free most of the time. It doesn’t prevent people from paying for it, too.
WinRAR does a job, you need it, you can pay for it, you pay for it. Not everything is about racking the maximum amount of money while avoiding every single expense, no matter how petty. These days there’s certainly competition, but you should remember that it’s been around for a long time.
As someone who actually paid for WinRAR, will I get a free bag?
Also, does it count if “I” paid for it on the company card
I paid it.
Why did you pay for winrar? Would you still do so today or do you find that free/opensource alternatives are as good or better?
Idk about the person you replied to, but I always told my self I’ll pay for this if I ever get a well paying job. Eventually got a high paying job, and paid for a product key.
Ofc mass layoffs I’m back to struggling but at least I kept the promise I made to myself.
I’m a developer, too, and I did shareware/donationware ages ago.
I simply paid WinRAR for their work, from one honest developer to another.
And no, I would not pay today, as this was just for a windows box I used for a job at that time, and where I needed a halfway decent archiver tool, which Windows does not supply out of the box.
I usually work on Linux, where lack of fundamental tools is not an issue.
Opensource software is free most of the time. It doesn’t prevent people from paying for it, too.
WinRAR does a job, you need it, you can pay for it, you pay for it. Not everything is about racking the maximum amount of money while avoiding every single expense, no matter how petty. These days there’s certainly competition, but you should remember that it’s been around for a long time.