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I just had the realization that I can’t remember ever paying for a console application (at least not since the 1980s and I can’t remember any in particular) and I can’t think of any that are currently for sale. Every command line tool I use, and I use a lot of them, is free software. Maybe I’m just drawing a blank. I’d be curious to know if anyone pays for command line tools.
Sublime Text (But I changed to use Visual Code last year)
MacOS
IntelliJ
Oxford Dictionary (English to Chinese, mobile app)
Daijirin (Japanese dictionary, mobile app)
Joyent for cloud VMs
Desktop subscription based: Devexpress Winforms and ASP.net component suite (best Windows component suite on the market - leaves free alternatives in the dust). Add in Express components for building office add-ins (could not build my core product without it)
Both of these combined cost me about €1,000 a year. Well worth it too as they make my software far superior to all the competition that use free components.
SaaS: Hotjar for website heatmaps and session cams (HUGELY VALUABLE!). Linkedin Premium for help contacting potential partners (HUGELY VALUABLE!). Feedbin, RSS reader. Mailchimp
[All of my own products are desktop apps that consumers pay $60-$150 for. Sales are up.]
- I pay for an account at sr.ht
- I host my site and other things via prgmr
I paid for 1password last year and still use it. Very convenient. Paid for sublime text around 3-4 years ago, used it for 1-2 solid years, now a days am on VIM + TMUX but don't regret having paid. Paid for PyCharm, used less than 1 month, regretted paying for. And that's about it.
I pay for pushbullet, so I can text from my computer and get notifications mirrored to my laptop.
I use whatsapp web for that. Just created a group with only myself (add 2 people and remove one after) and pinned it on whatsapp. Now I can easily send files, notifications, etc from phone to laptop and vice versa. Plus it has an advantage that I get google drive backup of everything done everyday!
The backup feature does sound nice. I back my messages up to google drive, though.
IntelliJ IDEA
Sublime Text 3
Microsoft Office
JProfiler
VMWare Workstation
Postbox Email
Little Snitch
1Password
Dropbox
I’m happy to pay for good software and support. Especially for things I rely on like IntelliJ. Not only has it been better than Eclipse for years but it keeps getting better because there’s a whole company full of people whose business it is to make it better.
If there’s a bug I can report it and reasonably expect a fix. With pure OSS software you often just get some fuck head telling you “PRs welcome”. I get it. I have my own open source projects in addition to my day job. Sometimes I just want to be able to expect support for the things I need and not try to learn every codebase of every piece of software I use so I can fix a bug.
Email provider
Standard Notes
Sublime Text 3
Password Manager
Games
kanbanflow
Balsamiq
movies / TV / Audio subscription and purchases (sort of counts these days)
used to pay for GitHub
used to pay for Windows (linux now)
I donate to a bunch of foss projects too, but those don't really count since its not a 'purchase'
Fman and Standard Notes are really great products btw, solo devs too.
edit - formatting