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Being able to add bounties to bugs you want fixed or features to be created is really awesome! I wish all software worked like this. Sadly, for VC-funded unicorn ventures your priorities as a user are usually very low on the totem pole. I have used design software with known bugs that went unfixed for 8 years. Features... forget about em!

It's a huge privilege to be able to "influence" the direction of an app simply by throwing some money at it. It won't always work, but it's better than waiting 8 years 🤣
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El Guiri 1y ago

8 years? You lucky fucker! Obviously never worked in the oil field. I found out last year that the bug spreadsheet with workaround tips and warnings of what not to do to avoid crash to desktop on a piece of oilfield software was still doing the rounds and getting updated. I first came across it in 2009 I think. It’s reasonable though. The package ONLY costs around 70,000 dollars per year. Hard to know how they pay the devs really!

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HoloKat 1y ago

Haha

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El Guiri 1y ago

It is funny and ridiculous but when you consider these spreadsheets get passed around between oil rigs in remote locations in the bloody ocean, it’s pretty impressive that everyone stays reasonably up to date.