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I only hear people call them free games now. But I'm sure every one called them freeware a few years a go. Conspiracy?  |
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« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2016, 03:10:55 AM » |
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GOOD question
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« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2016, 04:11:44 AM » |
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there are games and there are payware games
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« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2016, 06:33:40 AM » |
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I remember "P.D."
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« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2016, 09:54:37 AM » |
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I've always considered freeware games to be
a) downloadable, and
b) free indefinitely.
If I game is only temporary free, or if it's browser based, I'd filed it under just “free”.
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« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2016, 11:01:52 AM » |
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counter strike is the worlds most popular total conversion for the half life computer game
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« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2016, 11:27:15 AM » |
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"Freeware" has evolved into "free-to-play" or the much more accurate term: "Free-to-start"
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« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2016, 11:34:22 AM » |
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In a few more years they'll just be called "Fr".
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« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2016, 02:56:39 PM » |
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Because of ubisoft?
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« Reply #9 on: July 10, 2016, 03:12:30 PM » |
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there are games and there are payware games
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« Reply #10 on: July 10, 2016, 03:45:56 PM » |
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I think people have moved away from 'freeware' because it's often a lie, nowadays.
Especially when it comes to audio/video/document conversion software and other specific-task applications, there are a huge amount of smalltime devs who advertise their software as "freeware" but it's only "free" as long as you only want the first 15 seconds of your video converted, with a watermark and noise mixed in.
The word 'freeware' is synonymous with deceptive trial software, packaged adware, and glitchy products for me, and I don't think I'm too alone in that.
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« Reply #11 on: July 11, 2016, 12:26:12 AM » |
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they call them grapps which is short for gratis apps.
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« Reply #12 on: July 11, 2016, 02:02:40 AM » |
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the distinction became much less important because eerybody independently sorted themselves into two mindsets: 1: you can steal anything on the internet and b) I give my life in service of Steam Sale
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« Reply #13 on: July 12, 2016, 03:22:49 AM » |
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Freeware/shareware games remind me of Reflexive Arcade times. With games like Crimsonland, Alien Shooter, Ricoshet, etc. I guess now it's either free, or free-to-play (or pay-to-win, whatever you want)
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« Reply #14 on: July 13, 2016, 08:20:40 AM » |
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I feel like the word ware got a negative connotation over the time.
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« Reply #15 on: July 13, 2016, 08:27:35 AM » |
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they call them grapps which is short for gratis apps.
not to be confused with grapes (short for great apes) |
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« Reply #16 on: July 16, 2016, 03:41:27 AM » |
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I feel like the word ware got a negative connotation over the time.
thanks, wario |
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« Reply #17 on: July 16, 2016, 05:39:43 PM » |
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Probably another thing contributing to this is that these days if you make some piece of software completely free it's likely you'll also release the source code (because why not?), and you'll be calling it "open source" instead.
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« Reply #18 on: July 16, 2016, 05:44:10 PM » |
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you'll also release the source code (because why not?)
i don't release source codes because i don't think they'll be useful for people. i'm a terrible programmer so people are better off writing their own code rather than rewriting mine. |
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« Reply #19 on: July 16, 2016, 06:54:15 PM » |
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you'll also release the source code (because why not?)
i don't release source codes because i don't think they'll be useful for people. i'm a terrible programmer so people are better off writing their own code rather than rewriting mine. Have you tried being a better programmer? |
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