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by forrestthewoods 4594 days ago
CoinLab has done exactly that for free-to-play games. Run their client, which mines bit coins when idle, and you earn free in-game currency. I do not think it's been particularly popular so far. It also causes a ton of user confusion and finger pointed at "greedy devs trying to get users to mine coins for them".
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fleitz 4594 days ago
Fucking programmers, always expecting to get paid. Why can't they be more like artists and other morons?

They should be happy to be buried up to their eyeballs in debt with useless degrees and a job at starbucks.

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xerophtye 4594 days ago
My thoughts exactly whenever i read "greedy devs" on Play Store for very very cheap apps. Heck I was just reading a review of notability on PC Mag and they said if you want THESE extra features,l use notability, else the free ones are good enough. (it costs $0.99) So now you're gonna think $1 isn't even justified?
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fleitz 4594 days ago
Exactly, 1 dollar is half a cup of the cheapest coffee you can buy in the developed world.
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xerophtye 4594 days ago
yes, and factor that against the amount of coffee cups it took to make that app... Devs are so undervalued these days. Especially App devs. We so need a labour union of our own!
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viraptor 4594 days ago
Every time this comes up in a serious conversation, the only thing I can imagine is someone standing behind a manager saying "no, no, you're trying to create a macro in your spreadsheet - that's a programmer's job!".
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fleitz 4593 days ago
More like "No, no, no, you're trying to create an inventory management and accounting system in Excel".
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xerophtye 4593 days ago
Hahahaha not for the bosses, but a union that makes sure devs get properly paid for their hard work.
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