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Can we go back to buying software? This free software subsidized by big ad money has fucked the whole market up.
by 2OEH8eoCRo0 2y ago
Can we go back to buying software? This free software subsidized by big ad money has fucked the whole market up.
- hn_acc1 2y agoAgreed. Would much rather pay $100-200/year for ad-free OS / productivity software that is patched and secure and doesn't sell my data. Alas, very people put that high a value on their privacy.
- pabs3 2y agoYou could switch to a Linux distro for that. Most of them are gratis, but accept donations or contributions. For example Debian & LibreOffice. That said, even well intentioned distros that don't sell your data will have some privacy issues, inherited from upstreams. https://wiki.debian.org/PrivacyIssues https://wiki.debian.org/PrivacyIssues