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minus-square@oDDmON@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish50•1 year ago In his blog post, Tan defended the subscription-only licensing model, calling it “the industry standard.” “Industry standard” my ass. If Adobe hadn’t started the trend by lusting after Blizzard’s subscription model and ultimately emulating it, we’d all be a lot better off. Not to mention our wallets being eternally thankful.
minus-square@Thann@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish23•1 year agoFree and open source software is the industry standard
minus-square@BestBouclettes@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglish17•1 year agoIt is the industry standard now, it never had to be but they all got greedy and Adobe kickstarted the slide
“Industry standard” my ass.
If Adobe hadn’t started the trend by lusting after Blizzard’s subscription model and ultimately emulating it, we’d all be a lot better off.
Not to mention our wallets being eternally thankful.
Free and open source software is the industry standard
It is the industry standard now, it never had to be but they all got greedy and Adobe kickstarted the slide