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[–] BlaestEgnen@feddit.dk 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I've seen demos/open betas have become a lot more common in the past year. So I do wonder if that's changing this paradigm a bit

[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 4 points 12 hours ago

Freeware used to be a whole thing. A demo version you could play freely, and if you wanted the full version you'd pay for it