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You don't come back from that kind of thing that easily. Even if the current owner doesn't do that, who's to say who the owner will be tomorrow?
by user-the-name 5y ago
You don't come back from that kind of thing that easily.
Even if the current owner doesn't do that, who's to say who the owner will be tomorrow?
- dmd 5y agoBy that logic you can’t trust anything anywhere.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoTrue but it is a point, and one that has lead to the emergence of decentralised open source initiatives that can never be taken over by a hostile entity. Maybe it's time for a code 'matrix' too. Especially now that github was taken over by Microsoft, prompting many projects to move away. I don't think Microsoft is a bad caretaker but something with zero commercial interest at heart is always better IMO.
- webmaven 5y ago> By that logic you can’t trust anything anywhere. Well, that's just an argument for only using services that are open source, such that you could self-host, and more importantly, someone else can stand up a new (paid or otherwise) hosting service in competition with the one that has gone bad.
- user-the-name 5y agoYes, you can't, but there are lots of indicators you can use to judge how much you can trust any service. And a service that has been sold countless times and has engaged in shady behaviour in the past scores pretty badly there.