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by Sytten 863 days ago
Not everything needs to be OSS, it is OK for people to charge for software and make a living...
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treyd 863 days ago
After being stabbed in the back so many times by non-FOSS software I find it hard to trust companies that promote that kind of dependent relationship. I gladly pay to support free software that I heavily rely on like an Android launcher.
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aloisdg 863 days ago
You can pay for free and open source software. I do it to support FOSS developers and maintainers.

software example: Krita https://store.steampowered.com/app/280680/Krita/ source code under GPLv3 https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita

game example: Shapez https://store.steampowered.com/app/1318690/shapez/ source code under GPLv3 https://github.com/tobspr-games/shapez.io

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BadHumans 863 days ago
If people paying for FOSS was the norm, we wouldn't have a post on the FOSS developers not making money on the front page every 2 months. I don't blame people for not going this route.
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wiseowise 863 days ago
You assume them being commercial would imply their success.
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BadHumans 863 days ago
No I don't.
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anacrolix 863 days ago
I wish people would pay for FOSS :'(
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dartharva 862 days ago
It is not OK to blindly trust a third party with intimate access to your phone interactions in opaque ways. Don't do this.
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