Why isn't vibe coding creating more shareware?

3•watershawl•2h ago

Back in the late 90s and early 2000s, shareware was common - but now that almost anyone can vibe code software, why aren't we seeing more shareware?

Comments

codingdave•1h ago

We do see it - patreon, buymeacoffee, donations of various kinds. Games with microtransactions. Shareware has just evolved.

apothegm•18m ago

Thats not really what shareware was, tho.

CqtGLRGcukpy•19m ago

I think society has evolved to the point where people want to make as much money as possible, so instead of shareware the person creating it charges money.

apothegm•16m ago

Shareware kind of gave way to OSS. Software is both shared and installed very differently from when people passed around cloned floppies or even DVDs.

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