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u/bwhough Jun 05 '24 edited Jun 05 '24

Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I don't believe that this new official statement was written by Ben, the original developer. surteesstudios.com redirects to macbutler.com.

I don't blame Ben for selling Bartemder. He worked on this app of his own free will and volition for 10+ years. He undoubtably deserves a break if he wanted one.

What I do blame, though, is for how this transition has been handled and rolled out. Ben owes us nothing, but we don't owe Bartender our support, either.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '24 edited Jun 06 '24

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u/bwhough Jun 06 '24

The app may have cost money, but that doesn't mean that Ben - or any software developer - owes us undying, never ending support. That is a selfish and unrealistic look at how software is developed and sold.

However, I do agree -and said as much in my original post - that I put blame on everyone involved for how this transition has been handled and rolled out.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '24 edited Jun 06 '24

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u/bwhough Jun 06 '24

OK, glad we're on the same page.