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Brodie Robertson

Proprietary Software: If you're not paying for it, you're not the customer, you're the product

Free Software: If you're not paying for it, you're not the customer, you're the QA team

20 November at 5:51 | Open on mstdn.social
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ZeStig

@BrodieOnLinux Eh, bit of an exaggeration innit? Nonfree software trashes its customers too...

20 November at 5:53 | Open on fedia.social
D.C.U.K.

@BrodieOnLinux Although with proprietary software, you're also now the QA team, even if you pay for it.

20 November at 6:00 | Open on mastodo.neoliber.al
NiceMicro

@BrodieOnLinux
free software: if you pay for it, you are the fuel that keeps the development running for everyone's benefit.

proprietary software: if you pay for it... you are the patsy who gets the VCs or shareholders their 5th yacht.

#freeSoftware

20 November at 6:46 | Open on fosstodon.org
Laniakea Armstrong
Paguro

@BrodieOnLinux Microsoft Insider: both the product and the QA... in production

20 November at 8:36 | Open on social.linux.pizza
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