Folding Text 2.1 out -- now abandoned by Hog Bay

Posted by Hugh
Oct 15, 2015 at 09:58 AM

I share the dismay about Folding Text, and other prematurely-euthanased, or at least sold-on, applications.

At the same time, I try hard to follow the Blountian advice, quoted here previously: “Buy software for what it is, not what you hope it will become.” The trouble is, there are often persuasive reasons for ignoring that guidance.

Sometimes, as with Folding Text, there’ve been real hints or promises of good things still to come. As a consumer, you at least hope that the software will be updated to cope fully with, or even exploit properly, future upgrades in your operating system. And despite what Keith Blount says, you may also believe, perhaps unwisely, that you’re investing in something a little bit bigger than the bytes you download. An unarticulated commitment to the development of additional and better functionality that only the original developer is likely to have the imagination, knowledge and energy to pursue? A promise of something that will make your life as a user slightly easier or more fun at some point in the future? If we as consumers tend to think in those ways, are we foolish?