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  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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    2 months ago

    “Hey, developer, your software is just about perfect for my use case, I just need to make this one small change. Can I go ahead and do that?”

    "Sure, you can make that change, just as soon as you pay us $X. Oh, and we are planning on including that feature in the next release, so you can go ahead and buy that from us.