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Re: Show HN: I completed shipping my desktop app

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even though saying "small nitpick" is redundant in terms of its literal meaning (denotation), communication is about more than simple denotation. It's also about emphasis, tone, and emotions, and saying "small nitpick" can be a good way to soften criticism and add a little humility and politeness.

This particular linguistic construct is called a pleonasm! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleonasm

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Re: Show HN: I completed shipping my desktop app

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May I suggest not offering lifetime updates? All software that does this ends up getting around it in the end because they realize they need to get more money from existing customers to actually stay afloat. Normally by releasing the product under a slightly different name or some other sleight of hand. The model like jetbrains does with IntelliJ I think is decent. Or look at smaller software like sublime text or Arq…

Maybe I'm old school, but I won't "buy" (rent?) subscriptions for software. I expect to own it outright, at to receive at least security updates for a reasonable time period.

Re: Show HN: I completed shipping my desktop app

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Small nitpick Nitpick on your nitpick: By definition, all nitpicks are small. This isn’t important, but I thought you might appreciate the meta commentary.

nitpick on your nitpick on the nitpick: a "metacommentary" would be if you'd be commenting on your own text. That's even less important, but I thought you might appreciate such asides

Wouldn’t it be meta commentary if we’re discussing the nature of the comments, regardless of who made them?

If not, what type of commentary would it be?

Re: Show HN: I completed shipping my desktop app

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May I suggest not offering lifetime updates? All software that does this ends up getting around it in the end because they realize they need to get more money from existing customers to actually stay afloat. Normally by releasing the product under a slightly different name or some other sleight of hand. The model like jetbrains does with IntelliJ I think is decent. Or look at smaller software like sublime text or Arq…

BBEdit has been sold via payed upgrades since forever and Bare Bones seems to be doing fine. As a user, I like this model best. I will only ever buy a subscription if I absolutely have to.

Re: Show HN: I completed shipping my desktop app

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May I suggest not offering lifetime updates? All software that does this ends up getting around it in the end because they realize they need to get more money from existing customers to actually stay afloat. Normally by releasing the product under a slightly different name or some other sleight of hand. The model like jetbrains does with IntelliJ I think is decent. Or look at smaller software like sublime text or Arq…

Maybe I'm old school, but I won't "buy" (rent?) subscriptions for software. I expect to own it outright, at to receive at least security updates for a reasonable time period.

> I expect to own it outright

Unless you are the legal creator or buy the copyright, you never own software outright, you license it from the owner (or its public domain and has no owner.)

Re: Show HN: I completed shipping my desktop app

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May I suggest not offering lifetime updates? All software that does this ends up getting around it in the end because they realize they need to get more money from existing customers to actually stay afloat. Normally by releasing the product under a slightly different name or some other sleight of hand. The model like jetbrains does with IntelliJ I think is decent. Or look at smaller software like sublime text or Arq…

Maybe I'm old school, but I won't "buy" (rent?) subscriptions for software. I expect to own it outright, at to receive at least security updates for a reasonable time period.

Do you expect to receive a free car every new model year after buying one outright?

Re: Show HN: I completed shipping my desktop app

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how are you able to get around ffmpeg licensing since it is client app which requires you to open your code if you use ffmpeg GPL?

FFmpeg is mostly LGPL and has very clear and helpful instructions about how to incorporate and distribute it in compliance.

Re: Show HN: I completed shipping my desktop app

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how are you able to get around ffmpeg licensing since it is client app which requires you to open your code if you use ffmpeg GPL?

It does not require that you do that. It only requires you to open source any modifications you've made to ffmpeg.

it is slightly more nuanced, if you do static linking it is considered derivative work and does requires you to open it. Since the app is based on ffmpeg which is GPL(core is LGPL) i am curious to know how it is getting used.

Re: Show HN: I completed shipping my desktop app

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May I suggest not offering lifetime updates? All software that does this ends up getting around it in the end because they realize they need to get more money from existing customers to actually stay afloat. Normally by releasing the product under a slightly different name or some other sleight of hand. The model like jetbrains does with IntelliJ I think is decent. Or look at smaller software like sublime text or Arq…

Maybe I'm old school, but I won't "buy" (rent?) subscriptions for software. I expect to own it outright, at to receive at least security updates for a reasonable time period.

You're right, most of people wont buy this app if it had subscription-based model
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