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You hit the nail on the head. Hacker News ironically tends to be pretty hostile towards open-source. Offering free and open alternatives is often met with the
by toastercat 3y ago
You hit the nail on the head. Hacker News ironically tends to be pretty hostile towards open-source.
Offering free and open alternatives is often met with the criticism of "this will never take off and it's not really an alternative because it doesn't do what the multi-billion dollar corporate competitor does to a tee."
- Goronmon 3y agoYou hit the nail on the head. Hacker News ironically tends to be pretty hostile towards open-source. It's actually much better than it used to be. Since it's roots are in startup culture, there has always been an under-current favoring capitalistic stances. Those currents have weakened over time though. At one point things like dark patterns for user engagement were given a more neutral response than you would see nowadays.
- rakoo 3y agoIf you dig deep enough, you'll see that "open-source" is actually the preferred term for HN because it is business-friendly: I can use this open-source, depolitized piece of code to make money and not give any to anyone. It's why the term "open source" exists when "Libre" also defines it, but as an anti-business sound to it.