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"Access to macOS and Windows releases are currently restricted to sponsors, a 5 USD monthly sponsorship is required."
Really scummy on their part.
You should be able to build from source yourself to get a Windows version, although the process looks like a pain in the ass.
Curse whoever floated the idea to lock releases behind paywalls. We should not encourage this behavior.
Do not give them your money.
Geez. Just build it yourself, you lazy leech.
Stop being a useful idiot.
As soon as you stop being a useless idiot.
Sounds like you should blame Apple, not the dev.
Great point.
Now, are they using this as an excuse to not provide a Windows version?
Not specifically. It sounds like they're not really interested in maintaining a Windows version, so for that they charge. Generally I think people should be compensated for their labor, even though that might be an unpopular opinion in this community.
So, why even mention apple if you're going to justify the developer's actions anyways?
I'm going to go back to blaming the devs now. Nice try defending the people taking money from you. They're banking on your low standards.
Yeah this is unfortunately common, and many people are quick to defend developers like that making excuses.
Anyone is free to build it themselves. Someone could even distribute their own build from the same source under a different name completely legally.
They bank on users being lazy and then pay for the convenience.
You could just as easily in the spirit of this community do it with the same name and code, same way they do it for cracked games. Don't tell me it's not done because there are security concerns, you have no way to tell if cracked games contain secret malware in them yet people still distribute and download those.
And also pirates to not outright rip them off, which seems to be working for some reason...