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Curious seeing this basically right next to the Airdrop for Android post. I guess today we’re doing airdrop studies.

• TechSquidTV 3y ago
  Imo this is a direct response given the other post costs money.
  • account-5 3y ago
    That's what I thought too
  • diffeomorphism 3y ago
    Who cares about money? Being free seems much more important.
    • TechSquidTV 3y ago
      ... those are equivalent statements
      • linkdd 3y ago
        No, free software is different than "does not cost money". You can pay for free software. For example the OS of my TV (not a smart TV but still) is free and opensource, yet I paid for it when I bought my TV.
        • jrockway 3y ago
          Why did you buy a non-smart TV with an OS?
          • linkdd 3y ago
            I bought it 10 years ago, it cost me less than 50€. And every interactive device has an operating system, no matter how simple it is. Just to accept inputs from my remote and displaying menus to configure lightning/colors/volumes/etc., it needs an OS.
      • GingerMidas 3y ago
        You took the libre bait, rookie mistake.
      • diffeomorphism 3y ago
        I am somewhat curious what you think "free speech" means.
    • geor9e 3y ago
      Is this some sort of HN meme where we purposely use the wrong word sense of "free" in order to stir a semantic argument?
      • diffeomorphism 3y ago
        No. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software
        • geor9e 3y ago
          I hate this. That's not what free means to 99% of consumers. I refuse to use it that way.