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CopyWrite
Project management tool for writers of all kinds.
Version: 2.296
Not as cheap as it seems
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: kmmuffy_dotmac Sunday, April 03 2005 @ 11:58 AM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Less than a month
Nice software but the license only lets you use it on 2 computers. If you are like me and have a desktop at work, a desktop at home, and a notebook then you'll have to shell out for a second license... Sort of defeats the cheap price!
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Not as cheap as it seems - kingofrandr
I think SumBoi might be the developer :) Really...Aside from that, reading and knowing the terms of the license doesn't mean that one endorses its terms; usually, though, one has no choice if one wants to use the app but to go along!
I, myself, like to install my most-used apps on my main drive AND on a couple of external FW drives that also run OS X but sometimes (usually) a different revision of X. Requiring "product activation" with limits most likely is going to prevent my doing this.
If I had known about the product-activation feature, I probably wouldn't have paid for this app, as much as I like it. I HATE that kind of measure and its requirement in Windows XP actually kept me from buying a Windows PC - that and my hatred for MS, so any developer who adopts similar tactics gets put into the same category.
I can understand developers wanting to get paid by users who try their products and keep them to use; I just like the way most (actually, in my case of about 40 apps purchased - ALL) developers aren't quite so afraid that they might somehow lose a single dollar if they don't impose some Draconian scheme to thwart the baddies.
If I want an app; if I use it, I pay for it. Usually, it gets disabled after a period of a couple of weeks anyway, so that should be enough.
Tuesday, April 12 2005 @ 07:58 PM PDT
i stopped using this app because of this "feature" - kunstmaler
sorry for the small company producing this nice piece of software (copypaste is great!), but i just don't feel safe using it because i don't have full control. "activation" makes me feel like being completely dependent on a company that might not have an eternal life (cf. "web-fix": their software is still on sale in gemany and has to be registered online to be fully useable, but all their websites, .de as well as .com are down, so all users buying web-fix stuff from amazon.de, where this is sold, might have some problems).Friday, April 22 2005 @ 02:03 PM PDT
Not as cheap as it seems - SumBoi
Looks like someone didn't read their license agreement. There are a lot of titles that do this. Compared to the competition, you still get something way better, way cheaper. Hopefully the developer won't raise the price any by reading this, but I would've paid more for this app. It's one of those have-to-have's.Reply to This
Monday, April 04 2005 @ 01:26 PM PDT