Post #3709809
2026-06-06 14:39 UTC
proprietary software should be considered malware because the motivations for developing it as such are inherently malicious
even trust issues aside, typically its to create lock-in to maintain an iron grip on the userbase for capitalistic gain or some other entirely selfish cause
never is it not an utter disservice to society to withhold source code from users
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@ellis@transfem.social 2026-07-09 23:04
@hsza@social.tudbut.de i need some way to get paid. i would love to make stuff open source but i cannot pay rent and stuff if everything i make is open source i cannot force anyone to pay me for anything and i'm really bad at capitalism things so how should that work?