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Re: Files – Single-file photo gallery and file manager

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Post by dewey »

ratsmack wrote: post #60
dewey wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The dev is just another hustler. Are you working for free or do you ask for a salary from your employer?

When you try and obfuscate the fact that it is a purchased product, it makes one a hustler. This is no different than the many click-bait sites that offer -free- stuff that are actually purchased items.

It's not obfuscated, the landing page says the following under the section "License".

> Files is free to use with basic features. To remove the license-popup and unlock additional features, you may purchase a license [$39] from within the app.

Re: Files – Single-file photo gallery and file manager

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Post by ratsmack »

forgottofloss wrote: post #43
huhtenberg wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are plenty of these. This submission is notable is because it's free and polished. --- Edit --- AH, DAMN. It is NOT indeed free, at least not as demoed. The child comment below is 100% correct. It also pulls piles of stuff from cdn.jsdelivr.net and can't function without it. That's no bueno.

> the original submission is free and polished No, it's not free. Every time you load up the page to view your own files with files.gallery, a big honkin' pop-up shows up instructing you to buy a $40 license for additional features: Purchase a license [$39] to unlock features and support dev! - Remove this popup - Upload - Download folder - Code and text editor - Create new file - Create new folder - Rename - Delete…

I think what is worse is the fact that it is not a "one file app", and rather a php script that pulls in many js scripts of the net.

Re: Files – Single-file photo gallery and file manager

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Post by dewey »

sdoering wrote: post #55
forgottofloss wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> the original submission is free and polished No, it's not free. Every time you load up the page to view your own files with files.gallery, a big honkin' pop-up shows up instructing you to buy a $40 license for additional features: Purchase a license [$39] to unlock features and support dev! - Remove this popup - Upload - Download folder - Code and text editor - Create new file - Create new folder - Rename - Delete…

Maybe the dev isn't very clear about this. I agree it could be more clear up front. But does this mean devaluing their work by calling them "just another hustler"? I believe this isn't necessary. And sadly it totally devalues your comment for me.

> I agree it could be more clear up front.

More upfront than under the "License" section on the landing page?

Re: Files – Single-file photo gallery and file manager

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Post by jdrc »

huhtenberg wrote: post #56

As per [1] from below - Apparently it's a nag-based paid software with an otherwise restricted feature set. This is not clearly explained on the page. In fact, it looks like the site goes out of its way to try and pass for free software - the Demo is NOT of what you are actually downloading, no pricing info, no mention of Basic vs Full versions anywhere, including the Docs, except for an dull looking blurb at the ver…

Shareware

Re: Files – Single-file photo gallery and file manager

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Post by NKosmatos »

ropeladder wrote: post #9

As somebody who recently spent two weekends trying to figure out a self hosted photo solution that actually for my needs and was easy to install, this looks fantastic. (I ended up using PhotoView, which works fine, but this looks like it might have been better.)

Hey thanks for sharing with us https://photoview.github.io It's worth a look :-)

Re: Files – Single-file photo gallery and file manager

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Post by marban »

huhtenberg wrote: post #56

As per [1] from below - Apparently it's a nag-based paid software with an otherwise restricted feature set. This is not clearly explained on the page. In fact, it looks like the site goes out of its way to try and pass for free software - the Demo is NOT of what you are actually downloading, no pricing info, no mention of Basic vs Full versions anywhere, including the Docs, except for an dull looking blurb at the ver…

No pricing info?

"Files is free to use with basic features. To remove the license-popup and unlock additional features, you may purchase a license [$39] from within the app."

Re: Files – Single-file photo gallery and file manager

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Post by aembleton »

marban wrote: post #66
huhtenberg wrote: post #56

As per [1] from below - Apparently it's a nag-based paid software with an otherwise restricted feature set. This is not clearly explained on the page. In fact, it looks like the site goes out of its way to try and pass for free software - the Demo is NOT of what you are actually downloading, no pricing info, no mention of Basic vs Full versions anywhere, including the Docs, except for an dull looking blurb at the ver…

No pricing info? "Files is free to use with basic features. To remove the license-popup and unlock additional features, you may purchase a license [$39] from within the app."

I've not tried this but as it's php, couldn't you just edit the file?

Re: Files – Single-file photo gallery and file manager

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Post by red_admiral »

I really don't mind charging for software, as developers need to eat as much as the next person. $39 for something like this is really not excessive.

But I think it could have been made clearer that (1) you only download one file but it loads more from their CDN, it's not truly "single file" and (2) the free version is heavily limited and gated with a pop-up.

That said, I like the demo - it looks really slick and has a lot of features.

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