• Noxy@pawb.social
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      10 days ago

      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?

      • Hazel『They/Them』@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        9 days ago

        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.

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        9 days ago

        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.