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Re:Mozilla stops distribution of WOT addon by admax88q on Friday November 04, 2016 @10:54AM (#12873030)
My issue with that saying is that it prejudices people against Free (as in libre) Software.

Free Software is free, and you aren't the product when you use it. In most cases its the only software that actually puts the user first.

Saying "If it's free, you are the product" tells people that the only way to get good software is to pay money for it. When in reality lots of payed software harvests your data just as much.

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Re:Mozilla stops distribution of WOT addon by paulryanrogers on Friday November 04, 2016 @02:11PM (#12874637)
IME free and open software does tend toward abandonment or some form of monetization over time. Just ran into this with Synergy recently.
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