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0 pointsmonokai_nl7y ago0 comments

It's a color scheme, user interface theme and icon set in one. Why do you think it's nuts to charge €10 for that? Do you think it should be free?

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huhtenberg7y ago

Rationally it makes some sense, but irrationally - charging money for such triviality as a choice of colors is ridiculous.

I can see buying _icons_ being a bit more justified, because it implies at least some amount of non-trivial work on your end, but I don't really know anyone willing to pay for better code editor icons.

Also the fact that you offering to buy a "license" is off-putting, again considering the context of selling a set of RGB values. It's too grandiose, which too contributes to this looking nuts. Just say "buy" the scheme and it'll already be much better.

jakobegger7y ago

I've spent a lot of time picking colors for my app, and there's nothing "trivial" about it. It's a lot of work.

I totally understand that someone would charge money for it.

monokai_nlOP7y ago

I understand charging for a code editor theme is not common practice. However, I don't see much difference between the work that goes into designing and developing a simple (Wordpress) web theme and a code editor theme. In the end a web theme is also a set of RGB values and other styling settings. And charging for that is acceptable.

I think it depends on what you think is trivial and what is not. I think designing a coherent theme is not trivial.

imhoguy7y ago

Off-putting? You should check PANTONE and their licensing business. Anyway it's all about mixing electromagnetic waves.

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