Jure Repinc@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoWhy 'free' proprietary software will always end in tearsdavelane.nzexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1175arrow-down15cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareM600@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·3 days agoThere was an iOS app I used like this that did a great job of scanning text books. After I used it for about 6 months this exact thing happened. Started charging fees for many different things. Exporting images as pdf had a charge, then scanning to make the text searchable had a fee. I just exported as jpg and used imagic and ocrmypdf to take care of this. Then I learned that iOS has a built in scanner in the files app, so I just switched to that one.
minus-squareddh@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoYep, one free and one paid app I have used for a while recently moved previously entitled functionality behind subscription paywalls. Serves me right. Will stick to libre apps from here and suffer that way instead.
There was an iOS app I used like this that did a great job of scanning text books.
After I used it for about 6 months this exact thing happened. Started charging fees for many different things.
Exporting images as pdf had a charge, then scanning to make the text searchable had a fee.
I just exported as jpg and used imagic and ocrmypdf to take care of this.
Then I learned that iOS has a built in scanner in the files app, so I just switched to that one.
Yep, one free and one paid app I have used for a while recently moved previously entitled functionality behind subscription paywalls. Serves me right. Will stick to libre apps from here and suffer that way instead.