This was actually a first reaction for such an unfair situation one can fall no matter in how "civilized" or "developed" country he/she lives.
So after the first angriness goes away, one starts thinking rationally...
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This was actually a first reaction for such an unfair situation one can fall no matter in how "civilized" or "developed" country he/she lives.
So after the first angriness goes away, one starts thinking rationally...
I mean, AFAIK you just need to closely follow the SPECS.
E.g.: "Pay only after you earn your first 100$" but along with "NO WARRANTY" and "no support" and maybe "without IDE, only cmd line tools and SDK" but that would be an extreme - still, better than nothing.
I think this will _tremendously_ boost your user base.
All in all, you will cover a new target market with retaining the existing market.
Anyway, thanks for the great product!
EDIT: the market you actually will loose (in "no support" users) - are the users who didn't succeed. Not sure if you can track the numbers, that would help to determine if this business model will be positive for you.
Same goes for a very simple word completion - when the editor already encountered the word in the previous line.
These are just _very_ basic things.
I vaguely remember the reply on Acme's mailing list, that it is a text editor, not a rainbow, when someone asked about syntax highlighting feature :)