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FOSS Devs Rule (lemmy.world)
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[–] justastranger@sh.itjust.works 193 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Alt: proprietary software devs trying to live off their work as their primary income source while still allowing people to use their product for free

[–] eating3645@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Get out of here with a level-headed response. We came to rabble.

Rabble rabble! Something something evil! Rabble!

[–] regular_human@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago

I swear, lemmy users have proven to be so entitled. Just don't buy it.

[–] zloubida@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If it spies on me, if it shows me ads, then it's not free.

[–] spacedancer@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I think a lot of the people who are against are the ones who don't like the ad-removal model, because you are paying to remove ads on an app that uses a platform whose foundation is built against ads and tracking. The subscription model or one-time payment for life is fair IMO; people are free to support the dev (and please support the lemmy devs and instance admins too!). It's the ads (and tracking that come with it) that's kinda weird.

[–] THED4NIEL@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Thinking one step further one could implement a revenue share from ads or subscriptions or third party apps, that supports the instance you are registered to on a voluntary basis (we don't want to turn this into Reddit after all).

This way the developer and the server instance owners could sustain their service, a hopefully symbiotic relationship.

But I'm just throwing ideas in the room, doesn't mean they're good in the long run.

[–] beyond@linkage.ds8.zone 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As an end-user I believe I am entitled to the freedom to use, modify, and share the software I use. If your business model is incompatible with my values I won't support you, simple as. I don't have any problem monetarily supporting developers but not if they disagree with my principles.

I'm pretty sure I've seen this exact argument made against ad-blockers, too.

[–] HKayn@dormi.zone -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You do have the freedom to modify the proprietary binary you're being given. You just can't distribute your modifications.

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

Reality: what you pay goes more to monetization than the user experience