Folding Text 2.1 out -- now abandoned by Hog Bay

Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Oct 15, 2015 at 02:59 PM

Tons of sense here from all points of view.

Hog Bay or any other developer certainly has the right to pull the plug on an app whenever they choose. Sometimes, if they’ve made promises to customers that they end up not living up to, that can be an ethical issue, but that’s between them and their conscience.

My experience with Jesse (and he’s not the only one—see Notesuite) makes me more cautious about investing in new software (or should if I didn’t suffer from CRIMP). Smart consumers will wait until an app has established a large user base, which improves the odds of continued development. Of course, that mindset will make it harder for new developers to establish a new product in the marketplace.

I want to support the development of new software that intrigues me. But I think I deserve some good faith from the developer if I’m going to do that.

Steve Z.