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by EMIRELADERO 1144 days ago
Hmm. I checked it out and didn't really like it. Autoit feels dated, like something out of the early 2000s. By contrast AHK feels modern, fresh, and slick.

Sidenote: what is it with Windows developers and releasing freware that allows for commercial use but still holding on to not being open-source or at least source-available? The fact that this is still happening in 2023 is flabbergasting.
3 comments
tabtab 1143 days ago
Re: "Autoit feels dated"

Being old by itself isn't bad. What's an example practical downside of its old style?

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thrixton 1144 days ago
Why _should_ they? I can think of a dozen different reasons why not, flabbergasting is a bit of hyperbole.
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EMIRELADERO 1144 days ago
In the modern software world, a basic trend is that if it's free and has no path towards monetization (ads, user data, premium editions/subscriptions, etc) it's open source.
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Dalewyn 1144 days ago
Not being peer-pressured into open sourcing your everything is a virtue of the Windows ecosystem.
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EMIRELADERO 1144 days ago
Sure, but the weirdness here is that the program is fully free to begin with, for commercial use even.
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Dalewyn 1143 days ago
It's worth remembering that free and open source are two completely separate factors. Something could have restrictive licensing despite being open source, while another could have very free licensing despite being closed source.

Open source by itself simply means the source is readily available for reading, nothing more and nothing less.

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