OnlyOffice website product comparison now describes mobile web applications for the Community DocumentServer as being viewer only. Mobile web applications | (viewers only)| --
Oh great
Now it’s clear that OnlyOffice trapped user with a free feature for a limited time before getting a pay feature.
Hop this bad move will make users quite nervous and will make Nextcloud Inc. to stop advertising on OnlyOffice part of Nc Hub.
So removing features is really not a cool thing to do, and if we can fix that, we will. We will have to discuss this…
But a patch that fixes this from anyone who can build such a patch (using code from the previous version perhaps) would be welcome and most likely accepted.
Nextcloud policy with regards to incorporating open core (aka freemium) services was outlined by Frank Karlitschek in this podcast (in German; start at 39:30)
Bottom line:
We have most pieces to compete with Microsoft and Google
We need office. Looked into doing ourselves. Can’t afford it.
Have to partner with others. They have different business models.
We strive to do everything 100% open source.
But have limited influence on our partners’ business models…
Last remarks on the topic Interviewer: Sometimes we have to accept non-perfect solution F. Karlitschek: You can put it this way…
Open source it to some extend akin religion…
And except for some televangelists, this activity does not pay the bills.
So, open source is a very good starting place, lowers the barrier of entry.
But eventually everyone wants to make money, the more the better.
Market economy 101…
Best example - Red Hat. Started in the heydays of the Nasdaq “exuberance”.
Nothing but Linux… And 20 years later sold to IBM for $34 Billion.
American success story…
Nextcloud and OnlyOffice have the same goals.
Even more so now since their products are getting “traction”.
Can’t blame them…
Maybe not a popular opinion here, but perhaps they can look at a different business model for Mobile Apps. End-user pays. I would gladly pay $2 for an App which does full mobile editing of Office apps. OnlyOffice server part can still be open sourced and others are free to develop their own mobile App and maintain it if they like. Both Nextcloud and OnlyOffice happy?
Looking at the OO site I can see this (below).
What exactly does Mobile web applications mean?
If it means instances running on mobile OS devices - Android, iOS - then I don’t really mind.
I don’t believe in productive work on smartphones and tablets, even 6"+ screens with keyboard.
If it means any instance running in the browser, then that’s a bummer…
It happens in the Nextcloud App, mobile browsers and their mobile apps. This is a really nasty move a few weeks after the release of Nextcloud Hub to be honest.
@jospoortvliet You should consider re-adding support for Collabora to your clients if this doesn’t work out very well.
but no promises…
