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I thought donations were optional (lemy.lol)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Donationware: you must donate to use it. Not like regular optional donates.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (4 children)

What like itch.io? Hard disagree

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I think they’re referring to software that has like donate indicators/prompts in the app, or features blocked behind “donation.”

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

yes, those.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

donate indicators/prompts in the app

That's either donationware or nagware depending.

features blocked behind “donation.”

That's just Freemium.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I dunno this lacks nuance… I think this could easily be referring to different economic situations. The concept of donation usually has this implication of not being a for-profit entity or for a indie developer’s side project. These kinds of apps usually are still either open source or source available which is different than closed, proprietary applications. With this focus on money, I would assume that “free” is meaning gratis where users can often be the product & while the source is not available …or some VC-funded product where they are loss-leading a free tier now just eventually charge everyone later which is hardly good, with a dash of open washing to taste.

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