{"ancestors":[{"id":"111881916491322540","created_at":"2024-02-06T01:22:43.000Z","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://mastodon.social/users/andrewabernathy/statuses/111881916463989059","url":"https://mastodon.social/@andrewabernathy/111881916463989059","replies_count":3,"reblogs_count":1,"favourites_count":0,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://fosstodon.org/@chuqvr\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003echuqvr\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eboris\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e I'm sure that's true of many, but it's far from an absolute. I for one am quite willing (often happy) to pay for maintenance and improvements.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut I don’t want my software to stop working if the vendor goes bust or stops selling the software. Secondarily, the creator is not necessarily improving the product or even doing much maintenance. (Which can be fine: not everything needs to be continually changed.)\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIdeal for me: when subscription ends, I can keep using last version.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"account":{"id":"111421106471364431","username":"andrewabernathy","acct":"andrewabernathy@mastodon.social","display_name":"Andrew Abernathy","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":true,"group":false,"created_at":"2018-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eInterface designer at the Omni Group, after a career as a programmer. Hobbies include photography, some (sea) kayaking and outdoor exploring, but all too often TV wins out.\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://mastodon.social/@andrewabernathy","uri":"https://mastodon.social/users/andrewabernathy","avatar":"https://toolsforthought.social/avatars/original/missing.png","avatar_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/avatars/original/missing.png","header":"https://toolsforthought.social/headers/original/missing.png","header_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/headers/original/missing.png","followers_count":351,"following_count":377,"statuses_count":6228,"last_status_at":"2026-04-10","hide_collections":false,"emojis":[],"fields":[{"name":"pronouns","value":"he/they","verified_at":null},{"name":"homepage","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://andrewabernathy.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eandrewabernathy.com\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2026-04-10T16:13:27.997+00:00"},{"name":"pixelfed","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://pixelfed.social/@andrewabernathy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003epixelfed.social/@andrewabernat\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehy\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2026-04-10T16:13:28.283+00:00"},{"name":"home location","value":"Seattle, Washington, USA","verified_at":null}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[{"id":"111243333718206142","username":"boris","url":"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris","acct":"boris"}],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}},{"id":"111881944643124625","created_at":"2024-02-06T01:29:52.000Z","in_reply_to_id":"111881916491322540","in_reply_to_account_id":"111421106471364431","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://indieweb.social/users/jeff/statuses/111881944597944357","url":"https://indieweb.social/@jeff/111881944597944357","replies_count":2,"reblogs_count":1,"favourites_count":2,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://mastodon.social/@andrewabernathy\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eandrewabernathy\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://fosstodon.org/@chuqvr\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003echuqvr\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eboris\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e That’s me.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI stopped getting annoyed at paying for commercial software when I got my first job out of high school. Good software is worth paying for.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut I don’t trust companies to not leave me in a lurch if they go out of business or even just have a backend service that goes down.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe “ongoing updates while subscription is active” model is an ideal middle ground, IMHO.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"account":{"id":"111546513416576273","username":"jeff","acct":"jeff@indieweb.social","display_name":"Jeff C. 🇺🇦🇬🇱","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":true,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eBurnt to the core, but not broken…\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eiOS developer. Views expressed are mine alone.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/fedi22\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003efedi22\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Technology\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eTechnology\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Developer\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eDeveloper\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Apple\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eApple\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/iOS\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eiOS\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Swift\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eSwift\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://indieweb.social/@jeff","uri":"https://indieweb.social/users/jeff","avatar":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/avatars/111/546/513/416/576/273/original/3b6a35c31bb472c3.png","avatar_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/avatars/111/546/513/416/576/273/original/3b6a35c31bb472c3.png","header":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/headers/111/546/513/416/576/273/original/43783bf38ed8bece.jpg","header_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/headers/111/546/513/416/576/273/original/43783bf38ed8bece.jpg","followers_count":962,"following_count":649,"statuses_count":13751,"last_status_at":"2026-04-17","hide_collections":false,"emojis":[],"fields":[{"name":"Location","value":"Los Angeles, CA","verified_at":null}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[{"id":"111421106471364431","username":"andrewabernathy","url":"https://mastodon.social/@andrewabernathy","acct":"andrewabernathy@mastodon.social"},{"id":"111243333718206142","username":"boris","url":"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris","acct":"boris"}],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}}],"descendants":[{"id":"111881978702695637","created_at":"2024-02-06T01:38:32.000Z","in_reply_to_id":"111881955646605509","in_reply_to_account_id":"111243333718206142","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://indieweb.social/users/jeff/statuses/111881978649470366","url":"https://indieweb.social/@jeff/111881978649470366","replies_count":1,"reblogs_count":2,"favourites_count":0,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eboris\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://mastodon.social/@andrewabernathy\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eandrewabernathy\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://fosstodon.org/@chuqvr\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003echuqvr\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e That’s a good idea in theory — and I’d happily pay for it, if it worked — but, in my experience, open source software aimed at consumer or non-technical audiences doesn’t tend to result in high-quality user experiences.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eServer and infrastructure stuff (e.g. web servers, OS kernels, etc) is another matter entirely. That has very different incentives that meshes well with OSS.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"account":{"id":"111546513416576273","username":"jeff","acct":"jeff@indieweb.social","display_name":"Jeff C. 🇺🇦🇬🇱","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":true,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eBurnt to the core, but not broken…\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eiOS developer. Views expressed are mine alone.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/fedi22\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003efedi22\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Technology\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eTechnology\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Developer\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eDeveloper\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Apple\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eApple\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/iOS\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eiOS\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Swift\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eSwift\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://indieweb.social/@jeff","uri":"https://indieweb.social/users/jeff","avatar":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/avatars/111/546/513/416/576/273/original/3b6a35c31bb472c3.png","avatar_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/avatars/111/546/513/416/576/273/original/3b6a35c31bb472c3.png","header":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/headers/111/546/513/416/576/273/original/43783bf38ed8bece.jpg","header_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/headers/111/546/513/416/576/273/original/43783bf38ed8bece.jpg","followers_count":962,"following_count":649,"statuses_count":13751,"last_status_at":"2026-04-17","hide_collections":false,"emojis":[],"fields":[{"name":"Location","value":"Los Angeles, CA","verified_at":null}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[{"id":"111243333718206142","username":"boris","url":"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris","acct":"boris"},{"id":"111421106471364431","username":"andrewabernathy","url":"https://mastodon.social/@andrewabernathy","acct":"andrewabernathy@mastodon.social"}],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}},{"id":"111882004262244967","created_at":"2024-02-06T01:45:01.000Z","in_reply_to_id":"111881955646605509","in_reply_to_account_id":"111243333718206142","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://mastodon.social/users/bynkii/statuses/111882004197713873","url":"https://mastodon.social/@bynkii/111882004197713873","replies_count":0,"reblogs_count":1,"favourites_count":0,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eboris\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://indieweb.social/@jeff\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003ejeff\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://mastodon.social/@andrewabernathy\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eandrewabernathy\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://fosstodon.org/@chuqvr\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003echuqvr\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e and they could do it on a regular basis so devs could rely on that income! \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAutomatically even!\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"account":{"id":"111473036761967858","username":"bynkii","acct":"bynkii@mastodon.social","display_name":"Bynkii","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":true,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eI’m a writer, but don’t expect deep, personal shit. I’m a sysadmin who doesn’t like nerds, they’re every bit as willing to be the most vicious and petty of bullies as the people they claim they’re so very different from.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as individuals, they’re all right.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf I say “free software” I ONLY am speaking of the price.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlog is now on ActivityPub: bynkiidotcom.wordpress.com@bynkiidotcom.wordpress.com\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://mastodon.social/@bynkii","uri":"https://mastodon.social/users/bynkii","avatar":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/avatars/111/473/036/761/967/858/original/6381c0c8e12ad43b.png","avatar_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/avatars/111/473/036/761/967/858/original/6381c0c8e12ad43b.png","header":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/headers/111/473/036/761/967/858/original/12320c56009853e1.png","header_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/headers/111/473/036/761/967/858/original/12320c56009853e1.png","followers_count":576,"following_count":355,"statuses_count":13292,"last_status_at":"2026-04-16","hide_collections":false,"emojis":[],"fields":[{"name":"Label","value":"Content","verified_at":null},{"name":"Label","value":"Content","verified_at":null},{"name":"Label","value":"Content","verified_at":null},{"name":"Label","value":"Content","verified_at":null}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[{"id":"111243333718206142","username":"boris","url":"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris","acct":"boris"},{"id":"111546513416576273","username":"jeff","url":"https://indieweb.social/@jeff","acct":"jeff@indieweb.social"},{"id":"111421106471364431","username":"andrewabernathy","url":"https://mastodon.social/@andrewabernathy","acct":"andrewabernathy@mastodon.social"}],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}}]}