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@retoor I do what I can.
I like showing my appreciation when I like the software.
While I'm !swimming in money, I have made a few donations for otherwise free software.
The current situation is just very unfortunate.
Luckily this doesn't happen often. -
@devRancid No idea.
They seem to have some weird gating thing going on.
Either way yes - there should be some language selection present. -
@retoor Interesting info.
Especially the proxy one, which sounds very useful.
Today I've been trying to get the whole tikker fully working.
Went through a fresh installation of Kubuntu 24.04 on a different machine.
Have been having similar results i.e. some packages would refuse to get installed.
Then updated Kubuntu to 24.10 - _that_ was a mistake, as the installation went FUBAR.
Lastly started from scratch using Xubuntu.
Here things have been progressing quite smoothly.
So maybe Kubuntu had newer / incompatible packages.
Things _seem_ to be almost in full working order, even got the ollama example working.
I'll be taking a more thorough look once I've slept, as I'm just exhausted by the whole troubleshooting. -
@devRancid @D-4got10-01 because the company probably offers regional discounts. Clients from Venezuela pay less than clients from the US. They don't want US customers to buy software in Venezuela and using it in the US, and it makes sense.
But if that software costs the same everywhere, then it's fucking stupid. -
@kiki You're correct about the regional pricing.
The prices don't vary _that much_, but it's enough to make a difference.
The fact that it comes at a cost of localized software itself w/o means of changing the language is abhorrent, though. -
@kiki I always liked the
'If you like the software - buy it.'
mention in *.nfo included w/ scene releases.
If I enjoyed playing a game / software was useful to me, then I would buy it. -
I've taken my Dev rant over to Linked in. Fuck you recruiters!
How about no?
Fuck you.
Some two years ago I purchased a license for AV solution on Amazon UK which is my default place for shopping.
When attempting to activate the license, I kept getting this annoying error somewhere along the lines of:
'License from another region.'
I contact the support, they did their magic && the license got applied.
Fast forward some two years - the license is about to expire.
The software is actually good, so I make the choice to renew it.
Thing is, I keep getting redirected to the local site w/o an option of choosing the English language.
I edit the site's address to reach an English version of the site.
On UK's site I am unable to choose my country of residence so I can't complete the purchase form.
I try a few other things && finally reach the Global site where I am able to input the correct data for the purchase, but all attempts to finish the payment fail.
Fine... I'll purchase from the local site.
I purchased the license, activated it w/o problems, but when attempting to download the installer it keeps downloading the localized version which doesn't allow me to change the language.
I contact Support.
S: 'The license you've purchased can be used solely w/ localized version of the software. If you want to use the English version, you'll have to get a refund && purchase from our Global site here [link w/o redirection].'
_Fuck_ this trend of automatic redirection to localized sites && forced localized software.
One shouldn't have to go through all these hoops to get the software in the language of their choice, instead of having the localized version shoved down their throat.
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