Re:VSCodium – Libre Open Source Software Binaries of VS Code
by hedora on Monday September 04, 2023 @02:34PM
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It is a platform play, where the platform increasingly becomes incompatible with the open core stuff.
The value of a lot of software comes from interoperability, not from the code itself.
For instance, try running AOSP and 100% open source system libraries on your android phone for a month. You will find that you cannot perform basic financial transactions, like paying for parking, or hailing an uber/lyft, fast-charge your car, attend concerts without paying an extra fee, etc, etc.
I don’t even want my phone to support any of the above crap, but I don’t get to dictate how the US economy is structured, so I have no choice but to need all that stuff to work.
The value of a lot of software comes from interoperability, not from the code itself.
For instance, try running AOSP and 100% open source system libraries on your android phone for a month. You will find that you cannot perform basic financial transactions, like paying for parking, or hailing an uber/lyft, fast-charge your car, attend concerts without paying an extra fee, etc, etc.
I don’t even want my phone to support any of the above crap, but I don’t get to dictate how the US economy is structured, so I have no choice but to need all that stuff to work.