Our software must get better

Re:Our software must get better by feylikurds on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @04:07AM (#11486521)

I can not believe that he thinks software's biggest problem is that most of it is free. His description of users as "bait" whose habits will be tracked (which seldom occurs with free software, I can only think of fewer examples than the number of fingers on my one hand) seems to exclude the fact that paid software (hello! Windows 10?!) can do the same thing.

Anyone against free and/or open-source is an obvious shill or just plain greedy.

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Re:Our software must get better by Joof on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @04:47AM (#11486686)

I don't think he means free as in freedom.

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Re:Our software must get better by pjc50 on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @06:54AM (#11487146)

Windows 10 is ""free"" (gratuit) to most users, and definitely part of the problem.

Don't call people "shill" without substantiation.

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Re:Our software must get better by tells on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @04:32AM (#11486621)

I don't think his argument finds problems with the fact that some software is free. Having a large user base means you have the ability and the responsibility to make an impact an a very large number of people. He speaks to both the user and developer that mediocre de facto applications with large user bases should not lead to complacency nor its acceptance.

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