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That's great! That is exactly what I would like to see happen. Software comes at a cost, and nobody should expect to get software "for free", where "free" is ac
by jwr 6y ago
That's great! That is exactly what I would like to see happen. Software comes at a cost, and nobody should expect to get software "for free", where "free" is actually a lie, because you pay by giving up your privacy.
- encom 6y ago"Free" is also not nickel-and-diming or bait-and-switching people with in app purchases. I'm not saying data mining my PI for profit is better, but the app store as a market place is an extremely toxic place.
- andybak 6y agoAnd I would like the choice of ad supported apps (albeit with better transparency around data collection)
- madeofpalk 6y agoGlad to see they still exist!
- ogre_codes 6y ago> And I would like the choice of ad supported apps (albeit with better transparency around data collection) This is in a nutshell exactly what Apple's changes do. They preserve ad supported options and increase transparency.
- duckfang 6y agoUnfortunately, that comment precludes the Free Software and the Open Source software side of things. In those cases, it is free code under a usually strong license of permissions. And tracking for the most part, has been a manner of "Do you want to allow tracking? Default:OFF" (thinking of Debian Popcorn)
- ogre_codes 6y ago> Unfortunately, that comment precludes the Free Software and the Open Source software side of things. I don't think this precludes free software at all. Free software has always co-existed with paid commercial software. I suspect it always will. There are always going to be corners of the software market OSS developer aren't interested in pursuing. I doubt there are a lot of developers interested in building garbage collection routing software in their spare time. There are however plenty of developers who want to pay their rent who will.