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I am bit bummed that you have to pay for Git interface. Yeah, it is just 10€ / user, but still. You even get full games for 99 cents these days. And shouldn't this be a default feature in the first place.

Anyway, no-one is forcing anyone to buy it, so all good.

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I hope that for 10€ most people will find it worth it. If you've already spent 60$ or more on Sublime Text and upgrades, I can see why this might seem weird. However, as the homepage says you can basically install it and use it for free as long as you like. You'll get a popup occasionally (if you do use it), but that's the only "restriction".

Also, for a free alternative, I have to mention https://github.com/kemayo/sublime-text-git which inspired SublimeGit. There are way more people using this, and it's been around forever. Personally I like mine better of course, but I realize that different people need different things :-)

Yes. Yes. Basically this doesn't differ at all from buying an audio workstation software (Reaper from Cockos) and a VST plugin (The Oddity from GForce). Coming from Linux and OSS just easily gives the first impression of "how dare they charge for that?!".

So, as I said: all good :)

Looks like a great job, and good man for giving a shout out to the free alternative as well. As an existing user of Kemayo's plugin, what are the most compelling reasons for me to buy your version? An elevator pitch, if you will.

I'd probably say the status view (ala magit). Last time I tried kemayo's plugin it was all happening in ST's quick bars. However, that was a year ago so things might have changed.

Also, I try my best to keep up with user requests, which leads to about 1-2 releases a month. While there are occasionally bugfixes going into kemayo's plugin, I'm not sure if it's receiving any significant development (not trying to call anyone out here, it's just my observation from occasionally looking at the repo).

Games that sell for 99 cents sell in much larger quantities than a niche product like SublimeGit. As for whether it should be included by default: SublimeGit isn't built by the authors of Sublime Text, but by an independent author - and he needs to get paid for his work, too.

You're right. Comparison to game prices was out of context.

Not actually forcing you to pay for use - at the bottom it says: "You can try out SublimeGit for as long as you'd like, and there are no feature restrictions."

So, just seems to be a dark pattern leading you to BELIEVE you have to pay. However, if you like it, pay for it.

I don't think it's fair to call dark pattern an unlimited free trial. He's selling it but allows you to try it, he's not deceiving you into paying for something that is free.

I am bit bummed that you have to pay for an editor. Yeah, it is just $70 / user, but still. You even get full games for 99 cents these days. And shouldn't this be a default program to write in the first place.

Anyway, no-one is forcing anyone to buy it, so all good.

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