{"ancestors":[{"id":"111881924353098607","created_at":"2024-02-06T01:24:42.000Z","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"unlisted","language":"en","uri":"https://chaos.social/users/uliwitness/statuses/111881924292921242","url":"https://chaos.social/@uliwitness/111881924292921242","replies_count":2,"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 don't think it's that easy: Often it's about predictability. Being able to cap spending and not accidentally having to pay an extra month. Knowing that this software, the way it is right now, will still work the same way it does right now, and I’ll be able to earn my money with it.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd sometimes it's just a matter of not having more money. I use one feature of an app once a year. A yearly subscription doesn't make sense, as I don’t use the features that justify the expense.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"account":{"id":"111285313108684821","username":"uliwitness","acct":"uliwitness@chaos.social","display_name":"Uli Kusterer (Not a kitteh)","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":true,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eForest creature living in the plains. 💕Empathy, Programming Languages, Drawing. My code parks your car. I make a HyperCard clone at \u003ca href=\"https://mastodon.cloud/@stacksmith\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003emastodon.cloud/@stacksmith\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMunich, Heidelberg, Lucerne [Any Pronouns]\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://chaos.social/tags/ios\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eios\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://chaos.social/tags/mac\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003emac\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://chaos.social/tags/hypercard\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003ehypercard\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://chaos.social/tags/retroProgramming\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eretroProgramming\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://chaos.social/tags/retroComputing\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eretroComputing\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://chaos.social/tags/drawing\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003edrawing\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://chaos.social/tags/mastoArt\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003emastoArt\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://chaos.social/tags/tv\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003etv\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://chaos.social/tags/movies\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003emovies\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://chaos.social/tags/scifi\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003escifi\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://chaos.social/tags/fedi22\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003efedi22\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://chaos.social/@uliwitness","uri":"https://chaos.social/users/uliwitness","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":1499,"following_count":615,"statuses_count":17073,"last_status_at":"2025-11-17","hide_collections":true,"emojis":[],"fields":[{"name":"Blog","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://orangejuiceliberationfront.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eorangejuiceliberationfront.com\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan 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class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttp://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ezathras.de\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","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":"111881985926968156","created_at":"2024-02-06T01:38:03.000Z","in_reply_to_id":"111881924353098607","in_reply_to_account_id":"111285313108684821","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"unlisted","language":"en","uri":"https://devdilettante.com/users/roland/statuses/111881976749034736","url":"https://devdilettante.com/@roland/111881976749034736","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://chaos.social/@uliwitness\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003euliwitness\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 i think in the ideal world where we actually wrote software in safe languages with security between all layers and libraries, a cheaper maintenance-only subscription would be viable. in 2024 a cheaper maintenance-only subscription is not viable. perhaps in 2030 or 40 :-) ?!\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"account":{"id":"111243597130409772","username":"roland","acct":"roland@devdilettante.com","display_name":"roland","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":true,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-11-13T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003esearchable \u003ca href=\"http://rolandtanglao.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttp://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003erolandtanglao.com\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e I love people \u0026amp; computers \u0026amp; many other things like bicycling \u0026lt;= 18km/h :-), cross country skiing, inexpensive food (Filipino, Chinese \u0026amp; all Asian especially but all food in general), lindy hop swing dancing, 80s music (CFNY forevah), etc. Pronouns: he/him.  Living in \"Vancouver\" on the un-ceded lands of Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh (Burrard) peoples. I speak bad German, very bad French \u0026amp; super bad Kapampangan \u0026amp; Tagalog food words :-). Go science  go!\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://devdilettante.com/@roland","uri":"https://devdilettante.com/users/roland","avatar":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/avatars/111/243/597/130/409/772/original/745b48aca6b6b08d.png","avatar_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/avatars/111/243/597/130/409/772/original/745b48aca6b6b08d.png","header":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/headers/111/243/597/130/409/772/original/c349c6c228c28b46.jpg","header_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/headers/111/243/597/130/409/772/original/c349c6c228c28b46.jpg","followers_count":976,"following_count":1372,"statuses_count":53872,"last_status_at":"2026-04-19","hide_collections":false,"emojis":[],"fields":[]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[{"id":"111285313108684821","username":"uliwitness","url":"https://chaos.social/@uliwitness","acct":"uliwitness@chaos.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"}},{"id":"111881999038629638","created_at":"2024-02-06T01:38:57.000Z","in_reply_to_id":"111881985926968156","in_reply_to_account_id":"111285313108684821","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"unlisted","language":"en","uri":"https://devdilettante.com/users/roland/statuses/111881980313471645","url":"https://devdilettante.com/@roland/111881980313471645","replies_count":1,"reblogs_count":1,"favourites_count":1,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://chaos.social/@uliwitness\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003euliwitness\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 until then i like the co-op for software model! \u003ca href=\"https://devdilettante.com/tags/Ymmv\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eYmmv\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"account":{"id":"111243597130409772","username":"roland","acct":"roland@devdilettante.com","display_name":"roland","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":true,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-11-13T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003esearchable \u003ca href=\"http://rolandtanglao.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttp://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003erolandtanglao.com\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e I love people \u0026amp; computers \u0026amp; many other things like bicycling \u0026lt;= 18km/h :-), cross country skiing, inexpensive food (Filipino, Chinese \u0026amp; all Asian especially but all food in general), lindy hop swing dancing, 80s music (CFNY forevah), etc. Pronouns: he/him.  Living in \"Vancouver\" on the un-ceded lands of Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh (Burrard) peoples. I speak bad German, very bad French \u0026amp; super bad Kapampangan \u0026amp; Tagalog food words :-). Go science  go!\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://devdilettante.com/@roland","uri":"https://devdilettante.com/users/roland","avatar":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/avatars/111/243/597/130/409/772/original/745b48aca6b6b08d.png","avatar_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/avatars/111/243/597/130/409/772/original/745b48aca6b6b08d.png","header":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/headers/111/243/597/130/409/772/original/c349c6c228c28b46.jpg","header_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/headers/111/243/597/130/409/772/original/c349c6c228c28b46.jpg","followers_count":976,"following_count":1372,"statuses_count":53872,"last_status_at":"2026-04-19","hide_collections":false,"emojis":[],"fields":[]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[{"id":"111285313108684821","username":"uliwitness","url":"https://chaos.social/@uliwitness","acct":"uliwitness@chaos.social"},{"id":"111243333718206142","username":"boris","url":"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris","acct":"boris"}],"tags":[{"name":"ymmv","url":"https://toolsforthought.social/tags/ymmv"}],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}},{"id":"111882020769390048","created_at":"2024-02-06T01:49:13.000Z","in_reply_to_id":"111881999038629638","in_reply_to_account_id":"111243597130409772","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"unlisted","language":"en","uri":"https://mastodon.social/users/bynkii/statuses/111882020706716881","url":"https://mastodon.social/@bynkii/111882020706716881","replies_count":2,"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://devdilettante.com/@roland\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eroland\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://chaos.social/@uliwitness\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003euliwitness\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 here is what, ultimately, people hate about paying for software:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaying.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn any form. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf that wasn’t the core issue, the endless search for a mythical way for software devs to make a living in a way that was absolutely painless for people and made them want to pay sans complaint *including* for good support would not be the questing beast of tech.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeople hate paying for software. There is no model that will fix that.\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":"111243597130409772","username":"roland","url":"https://devdilettante.com/@roland","acct":"roland@devdilettante.com"},{"id":"111285313108684821","username":"uliwitness","url":"https://chaos.social/@uliwitness","acct":"uliwitness@chaos.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"}},{"id":"111882167412550373","created_at":"2024-02-06T02:26:27.000Z","in_reply_to_id":"111882020769390048","in_reply_to_account_id":"111473036761967858","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"unlisted","language":"en","uri":"https://mas.to/users/dnanian/statuses/111882167092271675","url":"https://mas.to/@dnanian/111882167092271675","replies_count":7,"reblogs_count":2,"favourites_count":1,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://mastodon.social/@bynkii\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003ebynkii\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://devdilettante.com/@roland\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eroland\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://chaos.social/@uliwitness\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003euliwitness\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 We (SuperDuper) haven't charged for updates since 2004...but, when Apple silicon came out, a native version couldn't support old licenses (because eSellerate went out of business, and their license library won't run natively).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo we gave people a choice - use Rosetta with their old license, or buy a new license for native support.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuite a few people with 20-year-old licenses, who never paid for updates, found this unreasonable.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"account":{"id":"111484141443716304","username":"dnanian","acct":"dnanian@mas.to","display_name":"Dave Nanian","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-11-17T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eOwner of Shirt Pocket. Co-Wrote SuperDuper, BRIEF, Track Record. Wrote netTunes, launchTunes. Unredeemed gadget fan. Dog lover. 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Not that way.\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://mas.to/@dnanian","uri":"https://mas.to/users/dnanian","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":1825,"following_count":369,"statuses_count":7760,"last_status_at":"2026-03-17","hide_collections":false,"emojis":[],"fields":[{"name":"Blog","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.shirt-pocket.com/blog\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eshirt-pocket.com/blog\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":null},{"name":"Twitter","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://twittodon.com/share.php?t=dnanian\u0026amp;m=dnanian@mas.to\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003etwittodon.com/share.php?t=dnan\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003eian\u0026amp;m=dnanian@mas.to\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":null}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[{"id":"111546513416576273","username":"jeff","url":"https://indieweb.social/@jeff","acct":"jeff@indieweb.social"},{"id":"111473036761967858","username":"bynkii","url":"https://mastodon.social/@bynkii","acct":"bynkii@mastodon.social"},{"id":"111243597130409772","username":"roland","url":"https://devdilettante.com/@roland","acct":"roland@devdilettante.com"},{"id":"111285313108684821","username":"uliwitness","url":"https://chaos.social/@uliwitness","acct":"uliwitness@chaos.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"}},{"id":"111882247855708712","created_at":"2024-02-06T02:46:58.000Z","in_reply_to_id":"111882205361712634","in_reply_to_account_id":"111484141443716304","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"unlisted","language":"en","uri":"https://mastodon.social/users/bynkii/statuses/111882247760432486","url":"https://mastodon.social/@bynkii/111882247760432486","replies_count":3,"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://mas.to/@dnanian\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003ednanian\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://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://devdilettante.com/@roland\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eroland\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://chaos.social/@uliwitness\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003euliwitness\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 it’s even more sad when you’re talking about something that costs \u0026lt; $30 US.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSD is dirt cheap, and people complain bitterly about that one-time cost. So forgive me my cynicism at the idea of a magical model that won’t make people violently shit out of their eyes because you dare want payment.\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":"111484141443716304","username":"dnanian","url":"https://mas.to/@dnanian","acct":"dnanian@mas.to"},{"id":"111546513416576273","username":"jeff","url":"https://indieweb.social/@jeff","acct":"jeff@indieweb.social"},{"id":"111243597130409772","username":"roland","url":"https://devdilettante.com/@roland","acct":"roland@devdilettante.com"},{"id":"111285313108684821","username":"uliwitness","url":"https://chaos.social/@uliwitness","acct":"uliwitness@chaos.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"}},{"id":"111882280560820622","created_at":"2024-02-06T02:55:18.916Z","in_reply_to_id":"111882247855708712","in_reply_to_account_id":"111473036761967858","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"unlisted","language":"en","uri":"https://toolsforthought.social/users/boris/statuses/111882280560820622","url":"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris/111882280560820622","replies_count":2,"reblogs_count":1,"favourites_count":1,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://mastodon.social/@bynkii\" class=\"u-url mention\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003ebynkii\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://mas.to/@dnanian\" class=\"u-url mention\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003ednanian\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\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003ejeff\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e @chuqvr@fosstodon.org \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://devdilettante.com/@roland\" class=\"u-url mention\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eroland\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://chaos.social/@uliwitness\" class=\"u-url mention\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003euliwitness\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e it’s not magic, it’s sparkling non-American cooperative ownership. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd hey, we’ve built a lot of open software over the past 20 years. I’m ok if I spend the next 20 slightly improving agency and compensation.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"Ivory for iOS","website":"https://tapbots.com/"},"account":{"id":"111243333718206142","username":"boris","acct":"boris","display_name":"Boris Mann","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":null,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2023-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eWeb tinkerer. 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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/@bynkii\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003ebynkii\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://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://devdilettante.com/@roland\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eroland\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://chaos.social/@uliwitness\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003euliwitness\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e So now you have six co-ops with different idea of what something should be. Who all compete. And the same pressures that cause corporations to make decisions you don't like affect them… so you switch to a different co-op.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow, in the end, is that truly different? Your “ownership\" didn't somehow make everyone agree on a given direction…and the market gives you a \"vote\" too - you either buy/renew/update or you don’t.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"account":{"id":"111484141443716304","username":"dnanian","acct":"dnanian@mas.to","display_name":"Dave Nanian","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-11-17T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eOwner of Shirt Pocket. Co-Wrote SuperDuper, BRIEF, Track Record. Wrote netTunes, launchTunes. Unredeemed gadget fan. Dog lover. Not that way.\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://mas.to/@dnanian","uri":"https://mas.to/users/dnanian","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":1825,"following_count":369,"statuses_count":7760,"last_status_at":"2026-03-17","hide_collections":false,"emojis":[],"fields":[{"name":"Blog","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.shirt-pocket.com/blog\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eshirt-pocket.com/blog\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":null},{"name":"Twitter","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://twittodon.com/share.php?t=dnanian\u0026amp;m=dnanian@mas.to\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003etwittodon.com/share.php?t=dnan\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003eian\u0026amp;m=dnanian@mas.to\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":null}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[{"id":"111243333718206142","username":"boris","url":"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris","acct":"boris"},{"id":"111473036761967858","username":"bynkii","url":"https://mastodon.social/@bynkii","acct":"bynkii@mastodon.social"},{"id":"111546513416576273","username":"jeff","url":"https://indieweb.social/@jeff","acct":"jeff@indieweb.social"},{"id":"111243597130409772","username":"roland","url":"https://devdilettante.com/@roland","acct":"roland@devdilettante.com"},{"id":"111285313108684821","username":"uliwitness","url":"https://chaos.social/@uliwitness","acct":"uliwitness@chaos.social"}],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}}],"descendants":[{"id":"111882324358534269","created_at":"2024-02-06T03:06:26.000Z","in_reply_to_id":"111882305560023537","in_reply_to_account_id":"111243333718206142","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"unlisted","language":"en","uri":"https://mas.to/users/dnanian/statuses/111882324309489999","url":"https://mas.to/@dnanian/111882324309489999","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/@bynkii\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003ebynkii\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://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://devdilettante.com/@roland\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eroland\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://chaos.social/@uliwitness\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003euliwitness\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e I think you're missing my point.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm saying that a co-op model does not guarantee alignment with all members of the co-op. Rather, it guarantees alignment with (typically) a majority.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr, for something like Linux, one man's OK.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd sure, you can split off and do something different...but in the end, you can't have a \"mass vision”. Product success requires focus, and that needs leadership, and you won't always agree with it.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"account":{"id":"111484141443716304","username":"dnanian","acct":"dnanian@mas.to","display_name":"Dave Nanian","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-11-17T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eOwner of Shirt Pocket. Co-Wrote SuperDuper, BRIEF, Track Record. Wrote netTunes, launchTunes. Unredeemed gadget fan. Dog lover. Not that way.\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://mas.to/@dnanian","uri":"https://mas.to/users/dnanian","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":1825,"following_count":369,"statuses_count":7760,"last_status_at":"2026-03-17","hide_collections":false,"emojis":[],"fields":[{"name":"Blog","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.shirt-pocket.com/blog\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eshirt-pocket.com/blog\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":null},{"name":"Twitter","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://twittodon.com/share.php?t=dnanian\u0026amp;m=dnanian@mas.to\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003etwittodon.com/share.php?t=dnan\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003eian\u0026amp;m=dnanian@mas.to\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":null}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[{"id":"111243333718206142","username":"boris","url":"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris","acct":"boris"},{"id":"111473036761967858","username":"bynkii","url":"https://mastodon.social/@bynkii","acct":"bynkii@mastodon.social"},{"id":"111546513416576273","username":"jeff","url":"https://indieweb.social/@jeff","acct":"jeff@indieweb.social"},{"id":"111243597130409772","username":"roland","url":"https://devdilettante.com/@roland","acct":"roland@devdilettante.com"},{"id":"111285313108684821","username":"uliwitness","url":"https://chaos.social/@uliwitness","acct":"uliwitness@chaos.social"}],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}},{"id":"111882347778379882","created_at":"2024-02-06T03:12:23.000Z","in_reply_to_id":"111882305560023537","in_reply_to_account_id":"111243333718206142","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"unlisted","language":"en","uri":"https://mastodon.social/users/bynkii/statuses/111882347701589888","url":"https://mastodon.social/@bynkii/111882347701589888","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://mas.to/@dnanian\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003ednanian\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://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://devdilettante.com/@roland\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eroland\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://chaos.social/@uliwitness\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003euliwitness\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e and how does this pay rent and purchase groceries?\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. 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