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Lumifer comments on Open Thread, Aug. 1 - Aug 7. 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 02 August 2016 05:10:21PM 1 point [-]

With respect to making the source available, the consequences depend on the target market and the price. For a multi-thousand-dollar product aimed at STEM professionals, yeah, people will bother to recompile without the offending bits. For a mass-market app priced at $0.99 no one will bother.

But I agree that some plugin API looks like the most natural way to proceed.