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Ideological and rational are not in opposition. Also, he doesn't think all software is good just because it's foss; it can be bad for other reasons. But all no
by icebraining 8y ago
Ideological and rational are not in opposition.
Also, he doesn't think all software is good just because it's foss; it can be bad for other reasons. But all non-foss software is bad, because it violates the rights of users.
I don't see the problem with being this consistent. If I say that all non-consensual sex is bad, am I an irrational ideologue too?
- jayliew 8y agoIdeological and rational are not in opposition all the time, but they're not congruent all the time either. I don't fully agree that all non-foss are bad, or that all foss are good. You can find exceptions to the rule either way. I think the helpful perspective is to take a step back and look at the whole system from a macro perspective. Based on traction, which do you think is "better". I think it really depends on the use-case. There's a lot of shitty foss software out there, that is just plain unusable because developers like geeking out over code but UX + UI polish are non-technical problems and thus ignored.