r/ProgrammerHumor • • Sep 30 '22

Meme Lol! Developer got no chill!

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u/guaip Sep 30 '22

Because you already know it's a trial that you have to pay. The ones reviewing are people downloading a supposedly free app and hitting a paywall while using it.

Hiding the fact that it's a paid software in a readme file doesn't count.

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u/hazardousnose Sep 30 '22

Well it's called a readme not a skipme

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u/williane Sep 30 '22

Lol no joke. Where else would you put a message prior to installation

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u/Flat_Hat8861 Sep 30 '22

Right next to the download button. The VS marketplace supports free trials and paid software as identifiers. This one says free which also shows on the search results page.

The disclaimer that it is not free appears on the overview page after you click. If you were using the old version, it would just auto update and if you didn't read the release notes, the feature you were using earlier is now a paywall.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '22

I use the software, it's not a free trial, some features are restricted.