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What about open source users? Haven't they been liberated from exploitation somewhat due to the work of open source developers?
by HKH2 2y ago
What about open source users? Haven't they been liberated from exploitation somewhat due to the work of open source developers?
- meiraleal 2y ago> What about open source users? You mean Big Tech and startups? Totally liberated. Yeah. So much that now they are developing AI tools to remove developers from the equation using open source software :)
- senko 2y agoI write this from Firefox running under Debian GNU/Linux. The computer I write is on was purchased out of income I got from (from other things) creating programs in Python, using Django web framework, and deploying them alongside Nginx. Firefox, Debian, Linux, GNU stack, Python, Django, Nginx ... all are open source (and so are hundreds or thousands of other software parts I use daily). I, personally, have immensely benefted from open source and free software. So have uncounted millions of other people, including, most likely, you.
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 2y agoNo like me, I run Linux at home Not everyone chooses to be liberated but I do
- HKH2 2y agoInkscape and Krita users are not exploited by Adobe, LibreOffice users are not exploited by Microsoft, and so on. There are plenty of regular users who use open source software to avoid monopolies and abuse.