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Re:Alternatives to Google Products by Torwald on Sunday June 10, 2018 @10:01PM (#17281209)
> Few without deep technical knowledge is sympathetic to FOSS.

Few without deep technical knowledge do even know what FOSS is.

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Re:Alternatives to Google Products by nothrabannosir on Monday June 11, 2018 @03:17AM (#17282424)
Yes, all they know is “this is impossible to install” and “what is a GitHub” and “where do I log in to the cloud?” and “this is the ugliest software I have ever seen in my life”.

Unless we’re talking about hosted FOSS, in which case you get the worst of both worlds.

I run my own mail server so this comes from a place of love: FOSS for server side products for consumers is a joke.

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