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Re:Google Maps' moat is evaporating (2020) by prepend on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @09:21PM (#32406858)
Pretending something is good and useful will not make it better. It will just erode people’s trust in my judgement or perception of reality.

One of the main benefits of OSS is to “see the truth” by seeing the source and can skip all the marketing lies from commercial products.

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Re:Google Maps' moat is evaporating (2020) by fezfight on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @09:31PM (#32406929)
Didn't say pretend, asked to treat zero to low budget FOSS better than we do mega corps with infinite budgets. Help adoption by not needlessly pointing out minor issues on otherwise incredible programs. I think it's fair when the competition can market their way into anyone's pocket.
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