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.
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.