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Do we have any chance left of using software for our work without Big Tech behind it?

by holistio 4mo ago

tornikeo 4mo ago
That's as easy as making new Vite. :) Which is hard, not easy but my point stands.
- notpushkin 4mo ago
  Fork?
applfanboysbgon 4mo ago
Yes. Pay for software from independent developers and small businesses. The entire reason big tech is where it is is because nobody wants to pay for software, and big tech is the way to make money off of "free" software. Software developers need money to eat, so this is the inevitable result of demanding everything for free. Actions meet consequences.
- Cthulhu_ 4mo ago
  While this is the idealist point of view, if you earn 100K a year from open source work - and that's already the top 0.1% if not less of open source developers - and a company comes around to buy you out for $10 million plus a 300K / year job (for example)... open source etc just can't compete.
  - limagnolia 4mo ago
    Well that is why it is open source. It doesn't matter how big the company is behind it, you can use it without the company that owns the name, and even use a different, small tech company for support.
- sph 4mo ago
  “Be the change you want to see in the world” and other stories powerless people tell themselves to sleep. I pay for independent software, point is, only big money can afford to hire employees to work on free software, because they don’t make money from selling software but from being a monopoly. Free software will always win, which is not a bad thing of itself, but it also means that Big Tech control over the software world is inevitable. The entire free software ethos indirectly opened the door to the Big Tech monopoly. There is no FAANG without open source, there is no open source without FAANG.
igleria 4mo ago
not if our current trajectory stays undisturbed
moomoo11 4mo ago
why does it matter? use vite to build apps your business needs and move on focus on what matters or just be a w2 somewhere and do endless bikeshedding
raincole 4mo ago
Linux has Big Tech behind it too and few complain about that.
- pjmlp 4mo ago
  Because they would be complaining having to pay for Solaris, HP-UX, Aix instead.
TiredOfLife 4mo ago
https://templeos.org/ https://templeos.org/
pjmlp 4mo ago
Yes, pay for its development.

Do we have any chance left of using software for our work without Big Tech behind it?

tornikeo 4mo ago

That's as easy as making new Vite. :) Which is hard, not easy but my point stands.

notpushkin 4mo ago
Fork?

applfanboysbgon 4mo ago

Yes. Pay for software from independent developers and small businesses. The entire reason big tech is where it is is because nobody wants to pay for software, and big tech is the way to make money off of "free" software. Software developers need money to eat, so this is the inevitable result of demanding everything for free. Actions meet consequences.

Cthulhu_ 4mo ago
While this is the idealist point of view, if you earn 100K a year from open source work - and that's already the top 0.1% if not less of open source developers - and a company comes around to buy you out for $10 million plus a 300K / year job (for example)... open source etc just can't compete.
- limagnolia 4mo ago
  Well that is why it is open source. It doesn't matter how big the company is behind it, you can use it without the company that owns the name, and even use a different, small tech company for support.
sph 4mo ago
“Be the change you want to see in the world” and other stories powerless people tell themselves to sleep. I pay for independent software, point is, only big money can afford to hire employees to work on free software, because they don’t make money from selling software but from being a monopoly. Free software will always win, which is not a bad thing of itself, but it also means that Big Tech control over the software world is inevitable. The entire free software ethos indirectly opened the door to the Big Tech monopoly. There is no FAANG without open source, there is no open source without FAANG.

igleria 4mo ago

not if our current trajectory stays undisturbed

moomoo11 4mo ago

why does it matter? use vite to build apps your business needs and move on focus on what matters or just be a w2 somewhere and do endless bikeshedding

raincole 4mo ago

Linux has Big Tech behind it too and few complain about that.

pjmlp 4mo ago
Because they would be complaining having to pay for Solaris, HP-UX, Aix instead.

TiredOfLife 4mo ago

https://templeos.org/ https://templeos.org/

pjmlp 4mo ago

Yes, pay for its development.