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Re:VSCodium – Free/Libre Open Source Software Binaries of VS... by duckmysick on Friday June 03, 2022 @12:49PM (#31610727)
If a user can choose not to use propriatary software, do the developers of propriatary software still have unjust power over its users?
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Re:VSCodium – Free/Libre Open Source Software Binaries of VS... by paskozdilar on Friday June 03, 2022 @01:34PM (#31611292)
Proprietary software gives unjust power to developers over their users.

If a user chooses not to use proprietary software, then they're not a user (of proprietary software).

The fact that each person can opt out of something harmful doesn't make the harmful thing any less harmful.

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