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How is that false equivalency? Comparing fdroid to the play store is about as close as you can get.

Like I said, there is bad FOSS software, but that doesnt make it generally false. People pay for software that doesnt have a good free alternative, they pay for support, and often they will pay to use software that has good marketing because they are simply unaware of the alternatives.

I’m not saying all FOSS software is great, but lots of software does have great FOSS options, for example, Firefox, Blender, and Bevy.

You’re not backing your points up with any actual reasoning or examples while also being condescending about it.

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TiggerYumYum@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I’m so sick of that person. All over the tech community with horrible and downright stupid takes. Just a while ago they were complaining about bloatware installed on android phones, but then fails to see your point about proprietary software also being useless.

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- priapus@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Yep, didnt make a single sensible point. Just anecdotes and irrelevant examples. I’m bad at ignoring an argument so I went and blocked lol
  
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Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

How is that false equivalency? Comparing fdroid to the play store is about as close as you can get.

The false equivalency is not that the two aren’t comparable products, the false equivalency is that they have those problems at similar rates, because they don’t.

You’re not backing your points up with any actual reasoning or examples

My reasoning is experience. FOSS has this reputation among most people. Only people who are willfully ignorant can’t see it. I could give you examples all day but it’d just be cherry-picking and I’m sure you would remain unswayed. Feel free to ignore me, I’m just saying what it is.

I am genuinely curious why you think people pay money for worse software though…

I don’t avoid proprietary solutions that do a better job

That was my entire point. The person I was originally replying to seemed to suggest exactly that.

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- airglow@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  FOSS has this reputation among most people.
  
  Source? Every commenter here disagrees with you, so it seems like your wild claim is not supported by any evidence.
  
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  - Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    Every commenter here disagrees with you
    
    Oh, well if all 2 of you disagree with me, that must mean that I’m wrong and not that you want to lie about it so that more people will use FOSS.
    
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    airglow@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    It’s actually 5 people vs. you right now, and anyone can count to confirm it. Calling out the fact that you have produced zero evidence for your wild claims is not “wanting to lie”, it’s just stating what any observer can see.
    
    You said that your “reasoning is experience”, so let this conversation be an experience that challenges your perception of what others think about FOSS.
    
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- TiggerYumYum@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Just get off the tech communities. You really don’t know anything, you spam stupid takes all over the place. 2k comments in 3 months. Go do anything else, please.
  
  Earlier you were complaining about bloatware on android phones, with a long list of examples from Samsung. Then you go on and attack the quality of FOSS, which you definitely don’t use. But somehow paying for proprietary is better because it’s more polished and sustainable? While bloatware is a term? This is why I tagged you as “bad faith actor/unintelligent”.
  
  Please delete your account.
  
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  - Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    All those personal insults REALLY motivated me to take your advice but I think I’ll just block you instead and report you for harrassment.
    
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    TiggerYumYum@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Good Lord you are such a child.
    
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- priapus@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  That’s not what a false equivalency is, but ok.
  
  FOSS has this reputation among most people.
  
  Most people don’t have any clue what FOSS is. They just want software, and if its free and works, they’ll like it.
  
  I am genuinely curious why you think people pay money for worse software though…
  
  I provided two reasons in my post. Superior marketing and professional support.
  
  That was my entire point. The person I was originally replying to seemed to suggest exactly that.
  
  Ok, but thats not what you went on to say.
  
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