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Re:YouTube was launched as a dating site by komali2 on Sunday July 21, 2019 @03:47PM (#20493271)
That's the non-profit, free software world. It exists, gnu.org compiles a lot of free software if you're interested, or there's other organizations that compile stuff like free blueprints for farm equipment, free music, sprites, etc.

It's out there, but a lot of people generally consider the free/libre stuff "lower quality," which is often a fair accusation.

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Re:YouTube was launched as a dating site by marssaxman on Sunday July 21, 2019 @05:03PM (#20493649)
Oh, yes! - I use free software almost exclusively. It may not always be as polished as the commercial competition, but it feels better to be part of a sharing community. I feel especially fortunate that my current job allows me to make a good living developing free software.
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Re:YouTube was launched as a dating site by a1369209993 on Sunday July 21, 2019 @08:51PM (#20494666)
> That's the non-profit, free software world.

And then Red Hat[0] happened, and it all went to hell, like everything else Wall Street touches.

0: et many al, but they're the most visible culprits due to things like wayland and systemd.

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