#Mediacoder x64 subtitles turn off software#
based on what Stanley has said over the years i always assumed that he coded media coder a) because he wanted a sort of "fame" within the community as the author of a popular piece of software and b) as a sort of functional resume he could show prospective employers. Here's my take on this: i can understand wanting to be paid for your work but here's the reality:ġ) once you get people used to "free" it's very difficult to move them to "paid", people see it as either a "bait and switch", a scam or they think it's a dick move.Ģ) if you wanted to be paid for your work then you should have decided that at the outset.
#Mediacoder x64 subtitles turn off code#
Unethical would be to send you a message that you had 5 minutes to make a donation and enter a code and if you didn't, it was going to start deleting random files on the hard drive in a way that bypasses the Recycle Bin (it is possible to do that). That fact that you don't like it and it's a bit of a jerk move doesn't in and of itself make it unethical. It's not unethical to switch mediacoder to a pay version or to hold it hostage like this, zoobie. See VCDEasy for an example of this very scenario. The program that people donated for will continue to work as it is but it may not work any more in future versions of Windows. He might abandon the program permanently in anger over this. Some people do respond to this sort of thing by paying, so he will get some more donations, but it will also piss off as many or more people than it gets money from, so his expectations won't be met in terms of number of donations and amount. One of the problems of this is that it starts a vicious circle where the author is now in pissed off mode all the time because "nobody is donating". We've also seen the first disturbing signs that ImgBurn is moving in this direction, although it hasn't gone this far - yet. Probably almost nobody donates anything and the author is unwilling to continue his work for free.
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