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It depends on how you define "malware". This defines malware as "Software whose functioning mistreats the user". I understand the point that's trying to be mad
by Osiris 6y ago
It depends on how you define "malware". This defines malware as "Software whose functioning mistreats the user".
I understand the point that's trying to be made. People use software because it provides value to them. I certainly have used or seen software that's abusive (anti-virus/malware products are pretty bad in this respect), and I don't use them.
Unfortunately, proprietary software generally has much more funding and thus can create a much better product than open source alternatives. A recent example for me was looking for an alternative to Lightroom Classic. I found a few different open source projects that replicated different aspects of Lightroom, but not provided the full feature set combining library management with raw editing.
The question then comes down to, how much privacy am I willing to sacrifice to get the extra value?
The answer to this question will be different for different people. As people become more and more privacy focused, we see additional pressure on companies that provide proprietary software to improve privacy in their applications.
- MattGaiser 6y agoGIMP is the classic example of why free software can't compete for end users.
- crazypython 6y agoThen Krita[0] is a classic counterexample: A free software digital painting tool with lots of functionality that provides a superior UX to Adobe products. [0]: https://krita.org/en/ https://krita.org/en/
- Osiris 6y agoMy daughter uses Krita with a drawing tablet. She's not very experienced but the software is good at making it easy for her to at least do all the basics. I was pleasantly surprised when I found Krita after buying her drawing tablet.
- lrossi 6y ago> a superior UX to Adobe I have a couple of years of experience working with that, and I strongly disagree. It’s also quite buggy. I’ve hit crashes several times while working with large drawings. There are better examples of desktop OSS that beat proprietary ones: Blender, vlc, ffmpeg+Handbrake, Firefox, 7zip.
- crazypython 6y ago> It’s also quite buggy. I’ve hit crashes several times while working with large drawings. Hmmm, I am sure this happens to Adobe products too– is Krita worse?
- nurb 6y agoIMO, GIMP has a much better user experience as it does not forbid you to edit some pictures because of random criteria [0]. [0] https://hyperallergic.com/195922/what-happens-when-you-try-to-photoshop-money/ https://hyperallergic.com/195922/what-happens-when-you-try-t...