See, you people keep trying to excuse those who are taking you for a ride.

It’s fine to “want” money. This isn’t about “wanting” money. It’s about lowering people’s standards and contributing to a ‘new normal.’

This isn’t an issue with the vast majority of other projects, why should this one get a pass?

Don’t be a useful idiot. Even among piracy communities, useful idiots are the norm.

Stop being a useful idiot.

Right, it was implied though.

Essentially, we shouldn’t listen to the men complaining but the men should listen to you complaining?

I agree with him, but I also respect his decision not to answer.

Unfortunately, people like you can’t stand when someone says something you don’t like so you constantly try to pull them into a debate.

Not everyone is worth replying to, regardless of how much they beg for a response.

Kids in private school, high class vacations, all of it.

The fuck is traditional about any of that?

Are you one of those people who sees a movie about rich people in the past and assume that’s how you would’ve lived?

This is it. People like Trump, Tate, Musk, and West all know how saying provocative yet ambiguous statements causes people to talk about them.

It’s really an art at this point, and I’m wondering if they’ve been working on making it a science.

I’m reminded of the inspiration behind the Rust programming language.

“Rust is very much a language inspired from the past to save the future from itself.”

Sorry, rampant consumerism has been detrimental to our species as a whole. Now no matter how much we have, it’s never enough.

I’m glad people are fighting back against this ‘new normal’ that really only exists to funnel as much money as possible to the people at the top.

Also, if you leave Western nations you’ll see that this “mythical simpler past” is still alive and well. The rest of the world is looking at the West like we’re crazy, and most of us are. It’s called hysteria.

I’m guessing you’re single.

Everyone, keep in mind, there’s a lot of losers on the internet who will never find love and don’t want you to find love, either.

Don’t end up like them unless you want to.

So, we should only listen to one party’s complaints?

I mean, it’s a tale as old as time.

Shitty males buy females thing to avoid being held accountable.

I disagree.

Usually it’s the ‘modern’ women who have been convinced to be treated like livestock. Nothing very traditional about going to raves or wearing pasties.

Taking the red pill means different things to different people.

I hope one day we can have psychologists seriously study and analyze the meaning behind such an idea and how it can be such a powerful tool.

So, why even mention apple if you’re going to justify the developer’s actions anyways?

I’m going to go back to blaming the devs now. Nice try defending the people taking money from you. They’re banking on your low standards.

I’m all for freedom of sharing information.

Essentially, if you can’t protect your secrets yourself, don’t make it the government’s and taxpayer’s responsibility.

Great point.

Now, are they using this as an excuse to not provide a Windows version?

Should be able to create our own DNS, really. It’s not that complicated.

The interim would be to provide the direct IP of the website.

Honestly, domain names are kind of retarded in 2025. They’re a huge privacy risk and cost money that shouldn’t have to be spent.

Already on it.

Everyone should take pride in downloading what they enjoy.

The legal system exists to be manipulated by rich people, for rich people.

We can blame all the rubes that said “they’re a business and they need to make money!” for why these corporations now have the power of gods.

This is what happens when society is comprised of useful idiots.

“Access to macOS and Windows releases are currently restricted to sponsors, a 5 USD monthly sponsorship is required.”

Really scummy on their part.

You should be able to build from source yourself to get a Windows version, although the process looks like a pain in the ass.

Curse whoever floated the idea to lock releases behind paywalls. We should not encourage this behavior.

Do not give them your money.