The impetus to pay once is supporting great Foss software. I personally think a donation model works for me but I don't research human behaviour or marketing either.
How is it "fake Foss" when you can just download and run the code without paywalled features and not spending anything.
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No need to update unless they're is a feature or security patch. Updating to latest could result in not knowing your version in case of recovery or have an exploit pushed.
I've stopped reading this series so many times, only at Part 1 of The Dark Forest. Glad to know it gets better.
Duckduckgo or SearX