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tbergeron | 5 years ago

Why would I pay for a theme that has been free for over 5 years now? Bundling your free and open source tools and selling them seem like the most crooked way of building a business. I just don't get the point at all.

> Got laptop stolen, had to reconfigure everything. VSCode settings sync anyone? or pushing your .vimrc to a git repository? If you're a developer, you definitively know about a hundred different ways of backing up your settings.

> License for 3 computers Just WHAT? Is this an April fools?

Don't get me wrong, I love the theme and been using it for years but that's not the proper way of asking for financial support. I'd pay for a Patreon, or any kind of other financial support instead, before buying this kind of unreasonably expensive package.

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adamhearn|5 years ago

I don’t think it’s unreasonable to ask for payment for a product you make.

Things cost money. If it’s too expensive for your taste, make your own theme or choose one of the many other free open source themes.

I personal will not be buying this theme, but I see why he does sell something he created.

nitinreddy88|5 years ago

How it's different from Sublime. Sublime by default free to use, however it has Dev channel where you need to pay to use it.

Everyone who has creativity, can sell their products on their own wish. Love it, buy it. Not interested, ignore it. But this sort of criticism is not expected!

ternaryoperator|5 years ago

>Everyone who has creativity, can sell their products on their own wish.

Agreed. But HN isn't really the place to promote your for-pay products.