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Baitware vs Donationware - What's the difference?

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Donationware is a related term of baitware.



As nouns the difference between baitware and donationware

is that baitware is freeware of deliberately poor quality with some, but generally not all, of the features of a software application, intended to entice those who download the freeware to buy the complete application while donationware is a variant of freeware that offers an option to its user to donate money to the program's author.

baitware

English

Noun

(-)
  • (computing) Freeware of deliberately poor quality with some, but generally not all, of the features of a software application, intended to entice those who download the freeware to buy the complete application.

    • donationware

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (Internet) A variant of freeware that offers an option to its user to donate money to the program's author.

    • Related terms

    * abandonware * baitware * bloatware * crippleware * demoware * freeware * malware * postcardware * shareware * software * nagware * trialware