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Or they bait-and-switch freedom.

So they start off with an open source Free solution, and then later switch to a paid for model, and abandon the Free version. This is particularly painful when it's a part of your system that's key to security.

You're left between wondering if you should just pay the ransom or switching to a different solution entirely, or gamble and leaving it on an old unpatched version.

( Looking at you, IdentityServer )

Either way you regret ever going with them.



Or fork it and maintain yourself. Wanted to write it yourself? Now is the perfect opportunity.




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