Strawberry no longer free?
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I found in another thread that Strawberry is now a subscription app for Windows and Mac. $60 bucks a year ($50 if paid at once) for a music app is simply unreasonable.
That's a shame. Good luck.
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It sounds like a gift from a heroin dealer: the first shot is free. But then... I'm really disappointed about such business practices.
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yes, unfortunately, now you have to pay a subscription for once free software. i really liked strawberry, and I hope the developer changes his mind
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Supporting closed-source operating systems that deviate from Linux in lots of important ways is a work and often relatively unpleasant work.
I'd imagine it would have been easier to just drop it and keep it Linux only.
Also, foobar2000 still exists. -
@apistoletov i understand his reasoning, i just disagree with it
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I said my opinion before, and I'll say it again: Paying five bucks for Strawberry is not that crazy, and supporting Jonas is completely optional, you can only suscribe a month and wait for the next update to renew that subscription; is not like if you don't pay a month the program gets completely blocked or something.
Considering he is releasing versions for Windows, MacOS and Linux all the same, he's investing a lot of time and knowledge to fix bugs, offer new functions, etc. Naturally, there'll be bugs and problems as always. If big enterprises have trouble fixing their software, I imagine a dude programming alone in his PC would have all those same problems too.
I can't entirely blame him for taking this decision. I personally like Strawberry and support him with a small amount of money is the least I can do. That last part is only personal, I've seen people moving on to other options and that's fine too.
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Good Afternoon All
Just a quick suggestion: perhaps you could consider installing something like VirtualBox (it runs under MS Windows) and creating a Linux VM on which to run Strawberry.
regards
Stephen M
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I donated $20 US via Pay Pal. I use Strawberry everyday. It's worth it to me.
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I've replied to this here:
https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/4424 -
I have a question regarding this topic--
I 100% understand that maintenance and support has a cost. I have no issues with paying for an audio player that meets my needs. Unfortunately, I see no way to know if Strawberry player will meet my needs. There is no trial that I can find at all. I must pay money to know if the software will work. This is the only item that I have issues with. I have no way of knowing if the software will work. I have to pay money to determine this. What if it does not work after paying?
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@Dryst You can still obtain the 1.0.23 version from achive sites and use that. That was released for free and will let you test the software. Then you can decide if that version is good enough and stay there forever like I am on the windows boxes I have or you can decide to pay money for a music app. I backed up this version myself since it works well enough for my needs on the only windows boxes I use.
