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@windlessuser I run a company myself with a friend and where going to try to do this somehow as well :). Would love to see that link!
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@windlessuser Thanks!
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@linuxxx which option do you find yourself leaning towards? Also what are your thoughts on reddit no longer being open source. Old version is forever out there, but the rewrite will be closed
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@windlessuser I'm not a reditter and will have to look closer into the options!
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@linuxxx nope I'm not.. I totally agree that I would - if I had the choice - prefere an open source software over a proprietary software and even would pay the same amount of money as a donation.. but I can't agree in the point of boycotting software that costs money and/or is not open source... Just because a company wants money for its products (what is totally fine) I don't boycott it...
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@wholl0p Oh it's not solely about the money part in this case.
Let's take the new british law as example (the new surveillance one I thought?). It says somewhere that (and no don't have a source right away and not in for digging deep but it shouldn't be too hard to find) if a company in britain wants to release an application, they'd have to submit it for review first (to the govt, yeah).
If the govt would decide that the product might need some kind of backdoorish functionality, the company is required to put that in, otherwise the launch is a no-go.
So I'd rather not use closed source software as for the fact that I can't know what's actually running on my system :) -
@linuxxx okay that's definitely a valid point! I find it very interesting how you can substitute programs by using open source software but also I find it important for myself to use the tools that fit me the best, and because of this and only because of this I would never be able to completely switch to open source software...
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@linuxxx do you agree if I called this a live setting?.. You mentioned that you have your own company, may I ask for details? :)
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@linuxxx a "Lebenseinstellung" 😂
Good luck both of you with your company! 🤞
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Welcome to the new world. Microsoft is now the top open source contributor on Github.
It's funny. Although I try to only use open source software which is free (at least as in freedom but also as in beer mostly), I'd gladly pay for using it!
But no way on fucking earth I'd pay for proprietary software.
Why?
Because I'd love to support the people behind the free software! They made something awesome and the most awesome thing is, they made it in a way that ensures that the end users can modify it to suit their needs! That's so fucking awesome!
That's why I'd never pay for proprietary software. Can it have awesome features? Yes, of course! But can anyone except for the devs easily modify it to suit their needs? No. And that's why I'd never pay for it.
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