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[michael perigard <968974@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

still present while downloading free game 'wakfu' through software
center in 13.10 - asked to 'buy' and log into ubuntu one

all my comments are repeats of and agreements to the above; 'purchase'
or 'buy' as a button never ever makes sense gramatically in English for
obtaining a free product- there should be an 'install' button which is
consistent with the rest of the software catalog. if the software
catalog is having issues with free as in beer vs free as in speech,
that's a shame, because it should be a bastion and showcase for apps
that are free in both regards, as well as showing how free as in beer
but closed source apps play well with their FOSS friends and
alternatives. instead it seems the software center isn't even designed
to showcase free, closed-source apps that should be a simple automated
install :(

as usual, ubuntu doesn't have enough developers to keep up with 18 month
old UX bugs, and the debian core remains usable while the ubuntu user
experience looks well intentioned but unmaintained :/ not complaining,
just lamenting- I have neither the time nor the experience to contribute
more to ubuntu, and I don't expect others to pick up the slack. just
making an observation that ubuntu's most polished features tend to
appear as if they are perpetual alpha-builds.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/968974

Title:
  Some free applications looks like paid applications with price 0.00
  and with buy button

Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
  Triaged
Status in Ubuntu Software Center:
  Confirmed
Status in Unity Applications Lens:
  Confirmed
Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “unity-lens-applications” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Just watch an attachment screenshot. Pages of some free applications
  looks like as pages of paid applications, but with zero price.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: software-center 5.1.13.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic-pae 3.2.6
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic-pae i686
  ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Mar 30 11:19:48 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120301)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=uk_UA.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: software-center
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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