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by shawabawa3 4634 days ago
> Please use a free editor instead. I recommend Emacs. Vim is fine, too.

Why? I have tried a huge number of editors including vim and emacs. Sublime is by far my favourite, but I shouldn't use it because it isn't FOSS?

Fuck that
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davexunit 4634 days ago
>but I shouldn't use it because it isn't FOSS?

Yes.

>Fuck that

Have fun when it's no longer supported in a year or two.

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shawabawa3 4634 days ago
> Have fun when it's no longer supported in a year or two.

..or 10, or 20. Or until it's open sourced

The developer has said multiple times that if it ever comes to a point where he no longer wants to develop it he'll open source it.

Either way, it's the best editor right now for me. If it stopped being supported today, it would still be the best editor for me. I will continue to use it until it isn't.

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davexunit 4634 days ago
The main problem is that the developers do not respect your freedom. When there are plentiful free replacements, I see no reason to use proprietary software.
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shawabawa3 4634 days ago
> The main problem is that the developers do not respect your freedom.

Now I just feel like I'm getting trolled.

Doesn't he have the freedom to market his software however he wants? It's not like I'm being forced to use his software, I'm not even forced to pay to use his software (the trial is so unobtrusive that I used it for a year before paying).

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