I will most certainly not advertise deprecated builds, that are already partially broken, and will completely break in the not so distant future. I'll be a lot happier if I can offer FileBot to everyone, and not just Windows 10 and Mac users. It's necessary for Linux, but it's viable because of Windows 7 users. I'm actively working on my own traditional licensing system, so that I can offer FileBot (paid) for any and all platforms that can run FileBot. There's no technical reason for that, hence I'm on the defensive there. I do feel sorry for Windows 7 and Linux users that want to purchase FileBot but can't. However, lack of commercial support for other platforms is unfortunate. I say this as someone who donated to the project before it was compulsory.įileBot is $20 on the Windows and Mac App Store. You don't realize it but you're on a defensive mindset, this usually happens when projects that used to be (effectively) free start to charge people. I'm sure the kind of users that actually go out of their way to find and use your application would be able to deal with that. Doing this it's not new, especially in the FLOSS world. Just posting a link to older versions and clearly stating that they're now unsupported would be the honest way to go. It would seem like bait and switch tactics from a users point of view who starts using a free product which then unexpectedly breaks (which undoubtedly I'd be accused of causing) and is then asked to upgraded to a paid working product. I will not and cannot recommend using older builds, because they may not work well, and may not work at all in the future. You're just hoping people aren't proactive and won't start doing the research themselves. The honest thing to do would state that people are free to download a previous version on SF if they want, but if they want newer versions with updated feature and bug fixes, they'll need to buy it.
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