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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by TechSquidTV on Sunday January 21, 2024 @10:44AM (#39079431)
Imo this is a direct response given the other post costs money.
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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by diffeomorphism on Sunday January 21, 2024 @10:56AM (#39079546)
Who cares about money? Being free seems much more important.
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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by TechSquidTV on Sunday January 21, 2024 @10:59AM (#39079584)
... those are equivalent statements
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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by linkdd on Sunday January 21, 2024 @11:05AM (#39079668)
No, free software is different than "does not cost money". You can pay for free software. For example the OS of my TV (not a smart TV but still) is free and opensource, yet I paid for it when I bought my TV.
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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by jrockway on Sunday January 21, 2024 @11:09AM (#39079708)
Why did you buy a non-smart TV with an OS?
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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by linkdd on Sunday January 21, 2024 @11:12AM (#39079753)
I bought it 10 years ago, it cost me less than 50€. And every interactive device has an operating system, no matter how simple it is. Just to accept inputs from my remote and displaying menus to configure lightning/colors/volumes/etc., it needs an OS.
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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by GingerMidas on Sunday January 21, 2024 @11:14AM (#39079775)
You took the libre bait, rookie mistake.
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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by diffeomorphism on Sunday January 21, 2024 @02:49PM (#39082267)
I am somewhat curious what you think "free speech" means.
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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by geor9e on Sunday January 21, 2024 @03:50PM (#39082898)
Is this some sort of HN meme where we purposely use the wrong word sense of "free" in order to stir a semantic argument?
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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by diffeomorphism on Monday January 22, 2024 @06:23AM (#39088334)
No.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software

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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by geor9e on Monday January 22, 2024 @08:34PM (#39098334)
I hate this. That's not what free means to 99% of consumers. I refuse to use it that way.
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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by account-5 on Sunday January 21, 2024 @10:45AM (#39079443)
That's what I thought too
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