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>This strikes me as shortsighted. Most of us don't have much control over the platform we use. Well, that's the thing. This is NOT my POV, but I have definite
by ubermonkey 4y ago
>This strikes me as shortsighted. Most of us don't have much control over the platform we use.
Well, that's the thing.
This is NOT my POV, but I have definitely heard true-believer libre/Free software people opine that making it too easy to use Free software on nonFree platforms isn't desirable.
I think this is a silly perspective, but it's definitely one that's out there.
- mumblemumble 4y agoWhat I worry about there is that letting it become too inconvenient to use Free development tools on non-Free platforms will eventually harm the Free Software community's ability to produce competitive Free software, by encouraging a brain drain in the communities that develop Free development tools.
- ubermonkey 4y agoIt's not an "eventually" thing. It's happening now, and has been happening for a long time. I don't use much libre software in my day to day (desktop) life because most of it is only good enough if you feel strongly that libre is a value unto itself, and worth hassle. I mostly don't. I mean, in some places, there's definite parity or even advantages on the libre side, but holy crap on the desktop it's bleak.