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thatonecoder@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days ago

The LanguageTool extension will now be paid

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The LanguageTool extension will now be paid

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thatonecoder@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days ago
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Important: Upgrade Required - LanguageTool
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Instantly check grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors with LanguageTool's AI-powered grammar checker. Enhance your writing in over 30 languages with ease.
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  • BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    I guess they harvested enough user data by now and don’t need to give it away for free anymore, well it had some uses but not enough for me to pay for

    • h3rmit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      What a bunch of cheap parasitic bastards, like it ubtil you have to give something in return, incredible.

      • BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        Oh no won’t someone think of the shareholders

  • astro_ray@piefed.social
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    9 days ago

    Their local model is also pretty nice

  • /home/pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 days ago

    Wtf

  • darkkite@lemmy.ml
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    9 days ago

    After reading this, I installed the local server and just routed the extension there. Took less than 20 min.

    My only concern is the desktop app has no server selection setting.

  • nguarracino@programming.dev
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    Ooof. I think it’s a pretty useful tool, but not worth anything close to what they’re asking for a paid subscription.

  • notreallyhere@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    long time coming for a pii reseller company

  • morto@piefed.social
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    9 days ago

    Are there any alternatives besides the local model?

    • dangling_cat@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      9 days ago

      There is https://writewithharper.com/

      • morto@piefed.social
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        9 days ago

        Thanks!

      • morto@piefed.social
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        Just checked, and it’s nice to use. Too bad it only supports english for now, but still a good alternative.

      • ALL-X-VS@lemmy.ml
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        8 days ago

        installed and it is already better than LT. thanks!

      • exu@feditown.com
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        8 days ago

        They have an Emacs client, heck yes!

  • Slayer@infosec.pub
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    People here don’t seem to understand that this is only for the browser extension, you can still use the site directly…

  • wholookshere@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    I really wish there was one better than Gramerly and now this…

    • thatonecoder@lemmy.caOP
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      Well, Harper’s a thing, for English.

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    And now everyone who is salty about it repeats: If you don’t pay for it you are the product.

    Tbh, their product is much better than the alternatives, especially for non English cases and we selfhost it anyway for aged now. Which works perfectly well and remains free and open - source.

  • Rachel@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Tbh as long as the libreoffice extraction stays free then no problem imo.

  • fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works
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    Worth paying for. Honestly guys selhost for yourself and family contribute to project you depend on, and pay for everything else you don’t have the time to do that too.

    Its free as in freedom, not free as in beer. Their still FOSS even so this isn’t even a rug pull imho. The worst thing is it requires an account which hurts the privacy aspect of that. One the few times something like Meta mask actually makes sense… Maybe some way to get an token generated and sent for use rather than a blanket account

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    9 days ago

    Well, Since their alternative Quillbot does not support Firefox. I might switch to Grammarly

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