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I've been thinking lately that Open Source, much less FOSS, needs to separate itself from corporate entities entirely. I've seen FOSS/OS communities use proprie
by kodah 6y ago
I've been thinking lately that Open Source, much less FOSS, needs to separate itself from corporate entities entirely. I've seen FOSS/OS communities use proprietary technologies like Slack over Mattermost or IRC, GitHub over GitLab or Gitea, and even as deep as prioritizing native apps over PWA architecture that could've achieved the same things.
I doubt Apple's ignorance over the economics of the matter or how it relates to community relations will become apparent to them, but I think this is a beacon in the night to developers everywhere. Money driven companies will never be more than a tool, much less your friends.
- saurik 6y agoOver and over again this is once again made obvious to everyone as some large company abuses their monopoly or shuts down their website, and the people who have been saying adamantly for decades that this had never been OK to begin with sit back and know "y'all still aren't going to stop" :/.
- stephenr 6y agoUsing open source tooling? Yes that makes sense and should carry some weight for an open source project. Abandoning real client apps and instead telling everyone to use a webpage has nothing to do with software licensing.