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Why isn't vibe coding creating more shareware?
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watershawl
14d ago
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Back in the late 90s and early 2000s, shareware was common - but now that almost anyone can vibe code software, why aren't we seeing more shareware?
Why isn't vibe coding creating more shareware? | Better HN
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codingdave
14d ago
We do see it - patreon, buymeacoffee, donations of various kinds. Games with microtransactions. Shareware has just evolved.
bediger4000
14d ago
Agreed but is there more of it? A virtual tsunami of it?
apothegm
14d ago
Thats not really what shareware was, tho.
jaggs
14d ago
I think people don't understand what shareware is any more.
apothegm
14d ago
Shareware kind of gave way to OSS. Software is both shared and installed very differently from when people passed around cloned floppies or even DVDs.
CqtGLRGcukpy
14d ago
I think society has evolved to the point where people want to make as much money as possible, so instead of shareware the person creating it charges money.
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