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The project with open source code can be improved by anyone. The project with closed source code can remain terrible forever even if there are programmers will
by executesorder66 9y ago
The project with open source code can be improved by anyone.
The project with closed source code can remain terrible forever even if there are programmers willing to improve it.
Here's an example:
Looking for a WebExtention alternative to greasemonkey on Firefox. (I know a port is being worked on, but let's ignore that for now)
Your options are tampermonkey (closed source), and violentmonkey (open source)
Tampermonkey has been around longer, and probably has more features. Which do I choose?
I choose violentmonkey, because for all I know tampermonkey's code is garbage, and full of spyware. If violentmonkey doesn't meet my requirements, I can make it meet my requirements by coding the feature myself, or paying someone to add the feature.
- ConfucianNardin 9y agoAnd here I thought Tampermonkey was open source, but apparently they went closed since I started using it...
- majewsky 9y agoYeah, thanks for calling that out. I removed it just now.