Fork (Git client) will soon be paid
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I think $49.99 is a fair price if you compare it with similar programs like Git Tower that ask you to pay (minimum) $69.00 per year for a subscription, $99.00 to include pro-features, and $149.00 to include additional enterprise features. That’s a lot of money for a non-permanent software license. I’m glad I could find a bug in their licensing library to be able to bypass their checks.
Notice that I’m complaining specifically about the subscription model rather than the price. I happily paid $99.00 for a Sublime Merge [2] lifetime license. I know that if I am not interested in future updates I can keep running the program with the license I bought. With Git Tower, they can —and probably will— disable the license next year if I don’t pay for the upgrade.
Source Tree [4] is still one of the best free Git graphical interfaces for both macOS and Windows. It is unfortunate the community was unable to convince Atlassian to port the code to Linux. I remember using Smart Git [5] in the office because all developers’ computers were running Linux. I was happy switching to macOS and being able to install quality software with polished user interfaces.
Last year I discovered Git Fox [6] which unfortunately also uses the subscription model, asking you to pay EUR $24.99 per year.
I am sure that many developers are willing and definitely able to pay these prices, but I don’t know how many are comfortable renting software. Whoever started this trend (Apple?) is bathing in buckets of money. They are being very smart, but god it is gaining the hatred of many people.
[1] https://git-fork.com/about
[2] https://www.git-tower.com/pricing/mac
[3] https://www.sublimehq.com/store/merge
[4] https://www.sourcetreeapp.com/