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A number of brand new accounts have popped up shilling their paid for applications.

Is this within the rules? Is the community happy with this? Could mods clarify this in the rules?

Either allowing advertising, or banning it entirely.

my point is - there is a difference between an open source homegrown project that might be useful, vs closed source paid for projects from brand new accounts

some replies are misunderstanding, somehow.

I am against

brand new accounts who:

  1. first post is a brand new project
  2. project is closed source
  3. project will cost money
  4. is asking for free testing
  5. the post is literally an advertisement
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[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world -5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Well, for one, I can actually scroll right by things I'm uninterested in. My mouse wheel goes by three row clicks. It doesn't take all that much effort, even for this old geezer, to just whiz right on by. Even if it's something I'm uninterested in, like the *arr stack in general, I can still be positive about it. It's pretty fascinating to me how it all clicks together. But I have definite, hard coded opinions against piracy in general, no matter what your rationale is. I know some use the *arr stack for their own physical collections, but let's be real....the vast amount of selfhosters that deploy the *arr stack are pirating.

why are you fighting so hard for it?

Because I honestly feel that the OP with the integrated, closed source app he asked if anyone wanted to beta test, acted in good faith.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Every comment you make makes me more and more convinced that you've created a throwaway account to advertise your own paid products here.

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Now that is quite hilarious. What paid products am I advertising? I'm not a dev, and frankly I would never be a dev. For one, I'm not that well educated in the area of programming. Two, I wouldn't be confident enough to release it to the public. Three, I wouldn't put up with all the bellyaching that goes on, demanding that a dev do this or that with something he wrote. Hard pass.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Did I say you did so on this account?

Your long reply and bullshit about "bellyaching" isn't helping me think otherwise.

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world -4 points 2 months ago

Did I say you did so on this account?

OK you got me. I joined a year ago, made a fistful of accounts, just for this very day. Even though, if you rifle through all of my posts and comments, you'll pretty much see, I have no programming skills and I have nothing to sell. But again, you are welcome to your own opinion.

Your long reply

I'm— sorry—I—used—too—many—sentences.

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

in summary, youre happy for advertisements on this community. got it