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Windows Vs Mac: The Developer Divide
MacOS Apple Microsoft Windows Programming
7 days ago 124.3K views 0 shares
Windows Vs Mac: The Developer Divide
The eternal battle between Windows and Mac developers is perfectly captured here. Windows devs proudly showing off their janky utilities that look like they were designed during the Clinton administration but hey—they're free and they work! Meanwhile, Mac devs create beautiful, polished apps that somehow require a subscription model to change your desktop background. The "compatible with Vista" part killed me—nothing says "I've given up on modern standards" quite like targeting an OS that even Microsoft wants to forget. It's the software equivalent of "my car might be ugly, but at least it starts... sometimes."

The Mythical WinRAR Customer
Windows Microsoft Programming
2 months ago 148.2K views 0 shares
The Mythical WinRAR Customer
The rarest creature in the digital universe: someone who actually wants to pay for WinRAR. The robot, personified as WinRAR, is so shocked it's practically having an existential crisis. For those uninitiated, WinRAR is that compression software that's been asking for payment after its 40-day trial since the dawn of computing, yet somehow continues to function perfectly when you click "remind me later" for the 500th time. It's basically the software equivalent of that friend who keeps saying "you'll pay me back next time" knowing full well it's never happening.

The Infinite Trial Period
Windows Microsoft Programming
4 months ago 138.7K views 0 shares
The Infinite Trial Period
The eternal standoff between WinRAR and literally everyone with a computer. The most patient software in existence politely asks "Plz pay now," you smugly respond "no," and WinRAR just... accepts it with a defeated "ok." Meanwhile, the Harold meme face perfectly captures that mixture of guilt and satisfaction we feel while continuing to use premium software after the 40-day trial expired... in 2003. The greatest business model in software history: technically paid software that nobody has ever paid for, yet somehow still exists 30 years later. It's the digital equivalent of that friend who always offers to pay but secretly hopes you'll say "I got this one."