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Re: List of open source applications for macOS

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Post by Crinus »

kuzimoto wrote: post #29
bananasquash wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

freeware and people like you have killed indie development. Great software should be paid for. Unless or cures cancer or solves humanity’s issues, it should not he made available for free. Otherwise the author of a paid version is forced into office jobs because some idiot makes a free clone just to have something on their cv.

There are several perks to paid software that is typically missing from just free software: * Guaranteed updates/bug fixes * Better support * More polished product There are free alternatives to basically everything, but people still pay for stuff.

Also documentation, when it exists (not all apps have or need it) tend to actually be useful instead of a half-assed, incomplete wiki.

(though some paid software in the recent years also have half-assed, incomplete wikis for documentation... my guess is that the proliferation of open source software made a lot of newer developers think that this is how software is supposed to be documented)

Re: List of open source applications for macOS

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Post by Crinus »

phkahler wrote: post #23
bananasquash wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

freeware and people like you have killed indie development. Great software should be paid for. Unless or cures cancer or solves humanity’s issues, it should not he made available for free. Otherwise the author of a paid version is forced into office jobs because some idiot makes a free clone just to have something on their cv.

If the software is simple enough that someone can make it just to have something on their CV, I think a paid developer needs to do something more substantial.

This is how you get bloated apps.

Re: List of open source applications for macOS

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Post by mugsie »

bananasquash wrote: post #19
helpPeople wrote: post #13

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'The best business man serves the communal good.' I'd be curious to see a survey of founders of FOSS and hear their take.

You wont find too many, as most are either contract workers or just volunteers, because “we want free software” doesn't really translate to pay for hard work and dedication.

> because “we want free software” doesn't really translate to pay for hard work and dedication.

That is one hell of a hot take. RedHat, SUSE, Canonical, would all probably disagree. (also, fwiw, so would I - I have been working on Open Source software for 5+ years, and have been paid for it for the entire time)

> as most are either contract workers or just volunteers

The linux kernel called, said something about having a large amount of fully paid, long term staff.

I get it, you don't like free software - but there is plenty of free software that people are paid to maintain and develop, and it has been a great benefit to software development as a result. Even paid for software is probably using some open source components, (runtimes, languages, compilers, libraries to name a few of them).

Re: List of open source applications for macOS

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Post by totaldude87 »

bananasquash wrote: post #8
kache_ wrote: post #4

Every time I come across a paid 30 dollar version of software being sold for macos, I can find a free open source alternative that often works better pretty quickly.

freeware and people like you have killed indie development. Great software should be paid for. Unless or cures cancer or solves humanity’s issues, it should not he made available for free. Otherwise the author of a paid version is forced into office jobs because some idiot makes a free clone just to have something on their cv.

VLC - though it doesn't cure cancer or anything , its a cure for video player industry(if one exist).. cant think of any other open source video players with billions of installs, and FREE.. calling someone who does opensource as idiot is just ridiculous..

Re: List of open source applications for macOS

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Post by phillipamann »

nikivi wrote: post #26
phillipamann wrote: post #24

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I will elaborate a bit more. You've taken the time to have this macOS set up configured exactly to your liking. All of these apps have settings and application data. Sometimes the application data and settings are synchronized in the cloud and sometimes they aren't. Maybe you use an app like Notes which has application data (your notes) that is synced to iCloud but application settings which reside somewhere on the c…

You might find this app useful. I plan to use it as I move to a new mac soon. https://github.com/zenangst/Syncalicious

Yes! Thank you! I'll even see if I can help contribute.

Does iCloud iOS backup accomplish an exact sync for iPhone and iOS? I've never used it so I am not sure. If I use iCloud backup and I lose my phone, will an iCloud backup restore bring my phone back to exactly what it was like before?

Re: List of open source applications for macOS

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Post by diffeomorphism »

tonyedgecombe wrote: post #28
phkahler wrote: post #22

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Because it's a chicken and egg problem.

Not really, there is already well written solid software for the Mac which I do pay for. What would happen if these companies open sourced their software is most users would stop paying and they would be forced out of business. Open source devalues developers work.

That is a cop out. It is not "abstract concept devalues", YOU are the one that chooses not to pay.

Re: List of open source applications for macOS

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Post by pier25 »

nikivi wrote: post #2

I have a personal list of macOS apps I use that is similar & goes in detail in how I use the apps. https://github.com/nikitavoloboev/my-mac-os Karabiner specifically is life changing software. At this point ALL keys on my keyboard are custom modifier keys. It's wild. https://github.com/nikitavoloboev/dotfiles/blob/master/karab...

Great list!

Found a couple of gems that I didn't know existed.

Re: List of open source applications for macOS

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Post by mercutio2 »

mhd wrote: post #30
bananasquash wrote: post #8

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freeware and people like you have killed indie development. Great software should be paid for. Unless or cures cancer or solves humanity’s issues, it should not he made available for free. Otherwise the author of a paid version is forced into office jobs because some idiot makes a free clone just to have something on their cv.

Meh, if the proprietary software has a good UI, it's going to do well -- open source tends to suck on that front, quite often because it's cross-platform and that doesn't favor the OS X look. Sure, for programmers and command line users there will be alternatives, but that still leaves a large market. Y'know what's going to kill Apple indie development in our reality? Apple. A lot of the paid shareware has a long ped…

Indie shops that are still shipping Carbon in 2019 haven’t been making good Mac apps for a long time.

They may be making useful tools, which their customers really need, but they haven’t been good (in the sense most people mean by good on Mac, which is notably different from on other platforms) for a long time.

Re: List of open source applications for macOS

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Post by Crinus »

diffeomorphism wrote: post #36
tonyedgecombe wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not really, there is already well written solid software for the Mac which I do pay for. What would happen if these companies open sourced their software is most users would stop paying and they would be forced out of business. Open source devalues developers work.

That is a cop out. It is not "abstract concept devalues", YOU are the one that chooses not to pay.

When something is given out for free, why are you surprised when people take it for free?
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