“The one button I needed locked behind a subscription.”
CraftingBenchGames, on ethicalapp.org ↗
Every "free" PDF editor had a watermark or a subscription on the one button that mattered. EthicalApp answered with ten free Windows apps.
Mattermost started paywalling features it used to give away and sells the rest by the seat. Antimatter is the fork with the licence checks pulled out: SSO, LDAP, no nag screens, no invoice.
“Unfortunately, after a few disappointments at a previous company actually trying (and giving up) to buy a licence, and after their latest actions, which I could only call backstabs (paywalling previously available features, putting arbitrary limits that previously didn't exist, or recently adding nag screens to push people into either buying their licence or just away from their platform altogether), I've ended up fed up with their BS and started to work on a fork.”
Obsidian charges $5 a month to move your own Markdown between your own devices. Cairn syncs it through your own server and charges nothing.
“Obsidian made me pay them for syncing so I made an open-source implementation”
Radial wants €19.99 to put a wheel under your cursor. CopyWheel puts one there for free and does exactly one job with it.
“Existing pie menus for macOS are either paid and closed source (Radial, PowerClick) or full automation platforms (Kando).”
Built something because a company wanted your credit card for a feature that fits in a single file? That's spiteware. Submit it and join the hall of fame.
