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Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

When you look at any app store, you’ll find that the many apps that are infested with ads, spyware, malware, and dark patterns are pretty much always proprietary

Right, because FOSS software never has any of that…

which makes FOSS much higher-quality than proprietary software in general.

That’s not how that works. There’s plenty of paid software that doesn’t have any of those things.

Both FOSS and proprietary software can be sold and commercialized with various monetization strategies.

You’re just arguing pointless semantics now.

Nobody here believes that Reddit is better on the basis that it is proprietary adware instead of FOSS.

You’re cherry-picking.

That difference makes FOSS inherently better for users than proprietary software.

No. It absolutely does not. Why do I care if you can “use, modify and redistribute” trash software?

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