A Boring Dystopia

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What fresh hell is this? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How tiny does a brain need to be to make this comment on a platform that is free and open source?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah see it's super solid logic -- if someone explains something then they LOVE it. They fully embrace the way that it is and WANT IT TO BE THAT WAY FOREVER. Explanations really can only be traced back to evil intent.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"You either pay for an app with money or with privacy" is just factually incorrect

There are lots of apps that do not require you to pay for with either your privacy or your currency.

Example: you are using an open-sourced application right now that is both free and private.

[+] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It is not free. It takes a ton of time to build and maintain this software.

labor value != commodity value

If you’re thinking all software developers will switch philosophies suddenly to think like you, I don’t really know what to tell you other than that will absolutely never happen.

Nobody is suggesting otherwise, it is simply incorrect to say the consumer always pays for an application. There are many apps and software that is free to use and modify, and you do not always pay with your time or your privacy.

Ps. Did you really think there was a chance you needed to remind me Lemmy is not commercial software?

It was a convenient counterexample to the point being made.

Pps. I typically use boost to view Lemmy and that is commercial software. Showing there is no need to expect everyone to develop all software for free. $3 was a fuckin bargain

Yup, but Lemmy itself is free to use or adapt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It was a convenient counterexample to the point being made.

Well no, it wasn't. The original point is that is Google's business model. Not that this business model is inevitable in every case.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Someone worked to make that app, either you pay for it with money or you pay for it with privacy, your choice.

Lmao, idk bud I think you're reading words that aren't there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

It goes without saying that Google made it. If you somehow didn't know that, it was all over the thread.

You're making the assumption here if anyone. "that app" does not mean "all apps, period"