Comment on [META] Are paid for closer source advertising appropriate?
AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 17 hours agoLmao, the OP you’re talking about literally said that “It’s a paid closed source app”. Why are you not mentioning that little tidbid?
Comment on [META] Are paid for closer source advertising appropriate?
AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 17 hours agoLmao, the OP you’re talking about literally said that “It’s a paid closed source app”. Why are you not mentioning that little tidbid?
I assumed everyone has a decent reading skills?
breadsmasher@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
that is incredibly misleading.
its not someone asking advice about a closed source app. its someone shilling their own paid for product.
why are you ok with advertising for paid for products being shoved down your throat?
No one, not one living soul that has graced the halls of Lemmy selfhosted since I’ve been here has shoved anything down anyone’s throat. Are you not master of your own domain? Do you not possess self control? Additionally, I chart my own course. I don’t let hive mind tell me what I can and can’t selfhost or use in relation to my server.
So, to recap, they’re going to give their app, which is closed source but integrates with what most selfhosters host, to beta testers, who are interested, and in return, the beta testers get to keep the app for free. I see no free labor.
It was said when rule 3 was being discussed, that there are so few selfhosters out here, why gatekeep?
breadsmasher@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
I dont want to scroll lemmy to find advertisements.
why are you fighting so hard for it? do you want adverts here? do you want every post to be yet another closed source paid for project? Thats sad.
AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 17 hours ago
Yes, but all of your comments seem to miss the fact that this post is talking about paid software. Which is what the OP you’re talking about and defending did. You also said “they aren’t charging you”, which might be true for now, but they will make money off of beta tester’s free labor.
That’s exactly how beta testing works. I’ve mentioned, I do a lot of beta testing for BetaBound. I’m currently beta testing a rumba floor sweeper knock off. WHen I’m done, the company says ‘thank you’ by letting me keep the rather pricey product. Are they going to make money? Of course they will. That’s why they started business…to make money.
AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 16 hours ago
I’m aware, and don’t think that ads to provide free labor for a paid product belong here. That’s been my entire argument the entire time.