I like reading Ars Technica. It’s a thoughtful, conservative journal of geeky topics with just the right volume of coverage that following it doesn’t become a chore. So that’s why I was reading about something called the Folder Quick Look Plugin for Mac OS X. The programme sounds strangely unremarkable - it “now lets you see a list of the contents of your folder” - but this part of the article caught my eye:

The little ditty is free for now, so check it out if you want your QuickLook to tell you a little more about your folders.

Free for now? That’s exactly why I could never use a Mac full time - I would only ever be free… for now.

Free for now means your freedom is conditional on the temporary leniency of your captor.

Free for now is how you might describe a criminal on bail.

Free for now ain’t free at all.