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Seems awesome - like a GUI for git-flow.

What is the pricing for this? Seems there's a free download at the top, but the bottom says "Buy for $29.99". Might want to make the pricing structure clearer. :)



From what I can gather it's some kind of dodgy Shareware thing. Although I can only guess since they really have made little effort to make it any more clear.

Neither the "purchase" site [1] nor anything inside the app itself [2] clearly explains the terms of the free download, or why one should even consider purchasing a licence.

I understand this is a fresh product and everything but it's expected one makes an effort to make these terms far clearer before asking for people's money.

Is this a simply a case of neglect or an example of a dark pattern [3] in the wild?

[1] http://wingmanapp.com/purchase

[2] http://i.imgur.com/aD5g8.png

[3] http://wiki.darkpatterns.org


What makes shareware dodgy now?


Nothing. You've misinterpreted. Or I've miscommunicated. Perhaps both.

Read what I wrote again without presuming I'm universally referring to all Shareware as being dodgy; just this particular instance.




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