For any software I may need, I'll always look for open source first, and strongly prefer it even if it has significant disadvantages to commercial offerings, as

For any software I may need, I'll always look for open source first, and strongly prefer it even if it has significant disadvantages to commercial offerings, as long as it's somewhat tenable to use. Not for ideological reasons, just because I don't like having the rug yanked out under me. Although I guess you could argue those are ideological reasons