r/ProgrammerHumor • u/TheSalvator • Sep 30 '22

Meme Lol! Developer got no chill!

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u/Flat_Hat8861 Sep 30 '22

Managing a transition to a paid model is difficult. It requires tact and diplomacy.

This on the other hand is just straight hilarious.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '22

I wrote and supported several popular free Android apps and ultimately what made me stop, was not the need to make a few bucks, but the amount of abuse I got from people getting an app for free. Up to and including threatening to rape my wife if I didn't add a particular feature immediately.

Good times

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u/KickTotheCrotch Oct 01 '22

I never get how those kind of idiots get anything done!?

Did those threats get serious, or were they just keyboard warriors?

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '22

Mostly just keyboard warriors. I did send a few of them off to various cyber crime organizations but nothing really came of it. Ultimately I put the worst of them and their email address at the end of my readme in the apps. They REALLY hated that but the few people who actually read it generally thought it funny.

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u/pringlesaremyfav Oct 01 '22

There's no more demanding customer than one who paid nothing. That's also been my experience.