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   prettygood (prettygood@socially.drinkingatmy.computer)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 09:27:04 JST prettygood
   I literally don't care what features fedi has or doesn't have, or what I'm "missing" on some other platform, because this is free software and I don't a shit about much else.
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     meso (meso@the.asbestos.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 09:27:40 JST meso

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     @prettygood b-but youre a cultist for not subscribing to the mainstream acceptance of total corporate control over eveyrthing!!! stop promoting free software so much its bad!!! youre an annoying fosstard!!!
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     kakafarm (kakafarm@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 19:46:32 JST kakafarm

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     @prettygood s/open-source/free software/ *
     
     * Behold my Autism!
     
     https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
     
     https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 19:47:26 JST 翠星石

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     • kakafarm
     @prettygood @kakafarm In English, free means freedom.
     
     It does not mean gratis, although it is quite easy to write something like "free of charge" if you mean gratis.
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     prettygood (prettygood@socially.drinkingatmy.computer)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 19:47:27 JST prettygood

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     • kakafarm
     @kakafarm I didn't make the meme, I typed free software because I meant free effing software
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     kakafarm (kakafarm@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 19:47:35 JST kakafarm

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     • meso
     @meso @prettygood "open source" is also part of the corpos control.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 19:52:53 JST 翠星石

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     @prettygood >cringe and proprietary "open source".
     
     More like;
     If free software is so great, then how come this program developed for freedom by hobbyists that is functionally better than the one developed by some proprietary companies isn't exactly the same as the proprietary program?
     
     
     Free software isn't all hobbyists anyway - most substantial free software has been partially developed by programmers hired by businesses, as any sane business doesn't hand over control of their business to another one - they go and find free software that does what they need, or if not, they pay a programmer to make the changes required.
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     Taylan (Now 18% More Deranged) (taylan@fedi.feministwiki.org)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 22:52:47 JST Taylan (Now 18% More Deranged)

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     > developed for millions of dollars by an all-star team of designers and engineers
     
     To be honest, 99% of that money probably goes to the managerial class, and the designers and engineers are burnt out and cynical because they can never do what they really want to do.
     
     Which is why corposlop software is often not even any better, or only barely so. If people who are passionate about design and software were also paid really really well... *insert "society if xyz" meme*
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