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Boycotting FOSS projects in the wake of the "buy canadian/european" movement makes no sense (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've seen many threads suggesting products but they often don't mention FOSS projects, which should always be preferred to corporate software. With FOSS you are already boycotting capitalism, on either side. Free and Open Source ignores borders and shouldn't be categorized in nationalist terms, no matter where some of the maintainers happen to live.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm the most anti-American user on here and I agree.

I'd rather use USA-linked free software than Spotify.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Wasn't Spotify Swedish tho? But yeah

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Didn't microsoft buy them?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No, they're still independent with majority of shares owned by their founders.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah ok, maybe that's why they arent enshittified that much then!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Spotify donated to trumps inauguration

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

https://www.avclub.com/spotify-donald-trump-brunch is just one of the many reasons not to support spotify.

see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Spotify for lots more

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I think that's the point, he's saying he'd rather use USA-linked FOSS than non-USA proprietary software.