Comment on Junk Store: BIG update on what is next

toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• WilfordGrimley@linux.community ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  RIP JunkStore

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• somedev@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Yep, have completely lost interest now. Asking users to pay is one thing, but then going to closed source… That’s a no from me dawg

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• PerfectDark@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  From the developer:

  “The open source version will remain and the Gog extension people have already paid for will continue to work. Nothing will be taken away. Nothing will be broken intentionally, that’s not how we roll.”

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  • Grass@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    yet

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    • Master@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      This is step one to enshitification… always.

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• MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It didn’t say subscription-based, but more power to you.

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  • FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It didn’t explicitly say subscription but it did say they now have ongoing server costs per user. That, to me, sounds exactly like a subscription is coming. Possibly with a “lifetime” option that will disappear when they need money again.

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