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What are your favorite non-foss apps? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I know some of you have gone complies FOSS, but I believe if the developer wants to make money from their apps, there's noting wrong with it, as long as they are ethical. So what are your favorite non-foss apps?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you've got a bit of a misconception about FOSS software - you're allowed to make money selling it, you just also have to provide the source code to any customers! A fair few FOSS apps have free versions on F-Droid but paid versions on the Play store, for example.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Like what?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

For example Red Hat Enterprise Linux. They're FOSS but they charge money for support.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

My fave is Anki, free on Android and 25 USD on i0S for the exact same product.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Simple Mobile Tools (Simple Contacts etc.) cost money for the full version on Play but you can get it for free on F-Droid or GitHub!