Why isn't vibe coding creating more shareware?

4 pointswatershawl2mo ago6 comments

Back in the late 90s and early 2000s, shareware was common - but now that almost anyone can vibe code software, why aren't we seeing more shareware?

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codingdave2mo ago

We do see it - patreon, buymeacoffee, donations of various kinds. Games with microtransactions. Shareware has just evolved.

bediger40002mo ago

Agreed but is there more of it? A virtual tsunami of it?

apothegm2mo ago

Thats not really what shareware was, tho.

jaggs2mo ago

I think people don't understand what shareware is any more.

apothegm2mo ago

Shareware kind of gave way to OSS. Software is both shared and installed very differently from when people passed around cloned floppies or even DVDs.

CqtGLRGcukpy2mo ago

I think society has evolved to the point where people want to make as much money as possible, so instead of shareware the person creating it charges money.

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codingdave2mo ago

We do see it - patreon, buymeacoffee, donations of various kinds. Games with microtransactions. Shareware has just evolved.

bediger40002mo ago

Agreed but is there more of it? A virtual tsunami of it?

apothegm2mo ago

Thats not really what shareware was, tho.

jaggs2mo ago

I think people don't understand what shareware is any more.

apothegm2mo ago

Shareware kind of gave way to OSS. Software is both shared and installed very differently from when people passed around cloned floppies or even DVDs.

CqtGLRGcukpy2mo ago

I think society has evolved to the point where people want to make as much money as possible, so instead of shareware the person creating it charges money.

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