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Buy Once Software (www.buyoncesoftware.com)

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Buy software, once Say goodbye to subscription fatigue! Discover software you can buy once and own forever--no recurring charges, just tools that work for you, for life.

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[-] [email protected] 55 points 3 months ago

I've bought way too much software that suddenly abandons their product to launch a new subscription based version.

I'd rather choose FOSS than anything payed.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I boycott anything that has to be paid or is non-free.

I donate regularly to FOSS projects (that I use).

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

also nearly all of the stuff on that site looks like garbage that will do exactly what you said.

and yes I looked at every single program.. there aren't that many

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