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So I set off looking for a simple screen capture video recorder blithely assuming that freeware is still out there to be found. What I find instead is that 'free' doesn't mean 'free' any more. Free means try now pay later, or restricted use, or saves only to YouTube, or ad support, or piles of junk thrown in, or sell your soul, or anyone of a thousand other deals with the devil. When did that happen?
Anyway, if anyone can recommend an actually free program fit for purpose you'll find me on my despair chair wondering where it all went wrong and pondering all the other disillusionments of the 21st Century (did you know there's not even any coal tar in coal tar soap these days?)
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Have you looked here: Top 10 Free Camtasia Studio Alternatives - eLearning Industry[^]
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Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Not that particular site but one very like it. CamStudio is the top recommendation on both but it seems to have fallen into grubby hands since and most of the other suggestions fall under the taint of not really being free when you examine them properly. Hence my rantette.
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CamStudio is still free, as far a I know. At least it was a couple months ago when I downloaded it.
It's still a PITA to use, of course, too.
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It is still free but there have been multiple reports of it being infected with malware. As you will understand I'm not keen on finding out whether they are true or not!
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Ah. It's not the program itself. It's other folks repackaging the download and hosting it on other sites "as a convenience".
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Way more sophisticated than I'll ever need but it looks like the most viablke option so I shall give it a try. Thanks.
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Some of the People that wrote them found out they needed money to support their hobby.
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Fair enough if they hadn't then decided to get it by the least scrupulous and customer friendly means possible!
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But enough of .net reflector..
It still hurts 
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9082365 wrote: What I find instead is that 'free' doesn't mean 'free' any more.
Ahem...[^] 
/ravi
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Actually, I tend to look at things coming from the other direction - software has been devalued nowadays to the point where nobody is willing to pay more than a few bucks for it. I blame Steve Jobs for convincing the masses that software should sell for no more than $1.99 (and then you have to give him his 30% cut). When's the last time you bought software from a shelf in a box, or direct from a developer/publisher?
That's why, IMO, today's software is cheap (and along with it went the quality)--the real revenue source is the adware embedded in so-called apps. I have a number of applications and utilities of my own that might've made some money a few years ago, but nowadays people would expect to get for free. Or certainly not at a price that would make it worth my while.
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dandy72 wrote: When's the last time you bought software from a shelf in a box, or direct from a developer/publisher?
Not so much when last but when ever? Apart from games and new Windows versions I honestly can't recall ever paying for software. Pre realistic Internet speeds, back in the dark days of the early 90s, there was always plenty of stuff given away by magazines. And when t'Interweb got going there were freeware sites by the thousand. Anything you couldn't get for nowt you simply programmed yourself. Then came open source. I don't think you can blame Jobs for all that.
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There are still other freeware product but only previous windows versions.
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So what ? Either you need the SW for a one shot, then the trial solution should be good for you, or not, and then it is legitimate to pay for it, IMO.
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With this song[^] you all know (and most likely like) and I didn't want to keep from you 
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I was surprised this wasn't The Reptile House EP - but each to their own, I guess 
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That's pretty specific to be surprised about 
If anything for relaxing it would be Chill Out by The KLF[^]
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OK.
Andrea Bocelli ... it is to laugh (whilst covering one's ears).
Sarah Brightman ... it is to puke inside one's starship-trooper helmet (after burning one's ears of with phasers set to "HELP ME!!!".
Seriously, I'd rather put on an AC/DC disc.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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With their money and fame they'll laugh right back and hire someone to clean the puke 
AC/DC is fine, but not for relaxing...
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Quote: AC/DC is fine, but not for relaxing...
I agree, the constant repetition makes me nervous.
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Not to mention the rasping vocals.
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I don't mind that. Some music that incorporates growls or screaming can be very relaxing for me. But if I'm bored, I get nervous.
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