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Why 'free' proprietary software will always end in tears
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this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2024
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If it is not open source, and you are not paying, someone else is and you are the product.
Bonus: You could be paying and be the product anyway.
See: Adobe, Microsoft, Apple, Google, etc etc