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I wonder: how greedy do you have to be to complain about something you choose freely and you got for free?

• coldtea 10y ago
  Just because something is free doesn't mean it's good. If I get some free food in a soup kitchen and get food poisoning, I'll complain as well. Not only you should look a gift horse in the mouth, you should also check it for any diseases before you put it in your stable lest it infects you or other animals there. And if it is indeed sick, you do have a leg to complain, even if it was a gift. But, free software is not exactly a gift. It's also something people put out (and often companies put out) to reach as many people as possible, and they do want it to be adopted and users to like it. Besides, by your logic users not involved in free software projects should never criticize and complain about their shortcomings. How would their developers know what users want, and what's wrong with their programs then? And no, not all development contribute the free software projects just for themselves and/or other community members only. Some really want the software to be adopted by as many users as possible, and are interested in their feedback.