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He's not wrong. edit: Per emsy's suggestion: I mean that he is just articulating that if something is free, you are the product, except he(stallman) articulate
by vonklaus 10y ago
He's not wrong.
edit: Per emsy's suggestion: I mean that he is just articulating that if something is free, you are the product, except he(stallman) articulates it by changing the noun to reflect his viewpoint.
also, I just deleted facebook.
- emsy 10y agoSad to see you downvoted, because he articulated a common sentiment (if something is free, you are the product) with a stylistic device. I guess your reply should've included that.
- weinzierl 10y agoIf you are referring to the Lebowsky quote: I used to believe that to be true about Stallman too. Now I believe he is just right, what makes him so obnoxious is just that his truths are so inconvenient.
- vonklaus 10y agonegative, if I were to refer to the Big Lebowsky quote (and not care about HN guidelines) I would've posted something like: He's not wrong, but the parent commenter is an asshole. But that would of course not be in the spirit of HN and I am sure that they must realize whether they cringe or not RMS is still going to have a pretty consistent view of the matter. edit: It actually is annoying how correct he is. FB was pretty nice, but I deactivated my account because I disagree with FB and this reminded me to have the conviction to actually vote. I voted against LinkedIn, Bank of AMerica, Facebook, some google services and Instagram so far this year. I voted for Gitlabs, Digital Ocean, Simple Bank and the Apple ecosystem.
- MaysonL 10y agoif something is free, you are the product Does that hold true for useds of Gnu, also?
- xkcd-sucks 10y agoYes, we're used for development, marketing, and QA.