this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2023
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Not hating on open source, just let people use what fits their expectations and needs and stop deterring them with gatekeeping :P

UX = user experience

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This one dude has made this app for years and constantly updates it, fixes things, is responsive, and makes a great app. He's now been more loyal to his users longer than Reddit has, and I personally have used his app daily for 13 years.

Yeah, I'll happily pay for it.

FOSS is great but it doesn't pay the rent people, this guy is doing this mostly as his main gig. This isn't some huge corpo, it's one guy who makes his living building the app he loves. I'm sure he'd love to make it FOSS if he didn't have to pay bills on anything.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

FOSS can pay the rent. But the users that will complain about £20 for a lifetime of ad removal, definitely aren't going to be the ones that help him should the bank come calling about late mortgage payments.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Proprietary software is a cancer.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had cancer 5 years ago mate. Proprietary software is okay if you enjoy using it.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Seems like it really won you over.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Personally I think it's people like you that dictate how others should act and tell them what they're allowed to enjoy to be the cancer. There's a reason the world hates dictators.