Re:No More Free Work from Marak: Pay Me or Fork This
by rglullis on Monday November 09, 2020 @05:40AM
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I agree with the sentiment, but the responsibility is as much as (if not more) from consumers as from companies.
If consumers only look at sticker price of every product and ignore all externalities, then companies will work to give them that. It is up for consumers to refuse software that takes their freedoms, locks them up in golden cages, makes their lives super convenient at the expense of underpaid/exploited labor, etc.
If consumers only look at sticker price of every product and ignore all externalities, then companies will work to give them that. It is up for consumers to refuse software that takes their freedoms, locks them up in golden cages, makes their lives super convenient at the expense of underpaid/exploited labor, etc.