They’re still scumbags though

  • LazaroFilm@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Well even going back on their announcement completely would not mend this. They showed they don’t care about their clients and will screw them over at the first occasion. You can’t build a business when the fondation is built on a time bomb.

    • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, if they didn’t do this and literally just said “from this future version royalties from high earners will need to be paid, as we need an income source. The old version will be a LTS release.” and it would have been literally fine.

      But retroactively screwing people like this? Obviously they will lose trust, and I do not understand how they didn’t understand that.

    • hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, I suppose the reputational harm from the announcement in the first place is going to set them back quite a bit, regardless. I suppose that’s why things like this are supposed to be reviewed before they get announced.