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Jure Repinc to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 months ago

Why 'free' proprietary software will always end in tears

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Why 'free' proprietary software will always end in tears

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Jure Repinc to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 months ago
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Nearly every day, my kids come home from school and go on about some new app or game they and their mates are excited about.
  • @yesman@lemmy.world
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    36•7 months ago

    This is bad. Lane’s argument is that freemium software is tore up from the floor up. You’d get the impression reading this summery that he was just bitching about one program his Boy Scout troop used.

    • @Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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      9•7 months ago

      And now they truly don’t need to read it because you corrected it, in the end they won!

      • @0x0@programming.dev
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        -4•7 months ago

        Maybe not everyone sees the world as win/lose, black/white, 1/0… weird concept, i know…

        • @Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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          13•7 months ago

          Ok then, “in the end they didn’t learn anything”

    • @corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      3•7 months ago

      summery

      That’s bright and sunny.

    • @0x0@programming.dev
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      -9•7 months ago

      Which is why LLMs require a pretty hefty grain of salt.

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