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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 72227" data-source="post: 850998"><p>Sometimes I think people misunderstand that nothing in life is ever really free. When it comes to free software, it's either paid by ads, harvesting data, or it's a project that's takes place in the developer's free time, away from their main job. While I can appreciate that not everyone can afford to pay for some of these things, developers need to make a living too. So at somepoint, it either has to switch to a paid model (something a company like Avast should have done) like they are doing here, or development just stops entirely.</p><p></p><p>To be fair they are still offering a free version that for the most part does everything an archiver should. Yes they are adding ads, but the additional features in the paid offerings aren't really make it or break it type features IMHO.</p><p></p><p>If you dont want the ads then you can buy the product from them, or there are other options like 7zip, but even then that is a program (atleast to my eyes) that developer seems to be doing in his spare time. So like Bandizip, there may come a point where he may either start charging, or just stops developing it entirely. Hopefully not, but nothing can ever remain free forever and sometimes things like this happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 72227, post: 850998"] Sometimes I think people misunderstand that nothing in life is ever really free. When it comes to free software, it's either paid by ads, harvesting data, or it's a project that's takes place in the developer's free time, away from their main job. While I can appreciate that not everyone can afford to pay for some of these things, developers need to make a living too. So at somepoint, it either has to switch to a paid model (something a company like Avast should have done) like they are doing here, or development just stops entirely. To be fair they are still offering a free version that for the most part does everything an archiver should. Yes they are adding ads, but the additional features in the paid offerings aren't really make it or break it type features IMHO. If you dont want the ads then you can buy the product from them, or there are other options like 7zip, but even then that is a program (atleast to my eyes) that developer seems to be doing in his spare time. So like Bandizip, there may come a point where he may either start charging, or just stops developing it entirely. Hopefully not, but nothing can ever remain free forever and sometimes things like this happen. [/QUOTE]
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