Not entirely the case. There are several companies that market primarily to business users that offer freebies to hobbyists -because those hobbyists sometimes eventually get to buy services for their employer.
Comment on Tailscale addressing concerns over potential enshittification of the platform
Nastybutler@lemmy.world 2 months agoI always operate under the assumption that if the product is free, then the user('s data) is the product
Jason2357@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
irmadlad@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Sure, but there are a lot of things you can do with the use of a good firewall, Pi-Hole, VPN, et al, you can mitigate those leaks. Anytime I fire up a new piece of software, my firewall pops up and says ‘Hey bro, you really want this chatty piece of software running uninhibited on your network?’ and here I go plugging holes. It’s not 100%. Some software absolutely refuses to work unless it has internet access. Bluebeam comes to mind. You do what you can, and decide if the hardwired software is something you really need or not.
Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 2 months ago
In a lot of cases yes, but things like Truenas Bitwarden are paid by enterprise users and the community versions help them with spreading word about the software and helping signal bugs etc.
Yes they can also turn to shit, but generally the consumer markt is so slim that they don;t care