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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Truth is..... Many FOSS lacks significant polish and features as... Well it's free. I don't mind paying for a quality product

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah FOSS is rarely better than the commercial equivalent. Almost universally they're terrible in a hundred minor ways that makes them annoying as hell to use. The best FOSS products come from... Company sponsorship.

[–] norawibb 1 points 1 year ago

Just not true. Proprietary software starts on the wrong foot by asking, "how can we make money from this?". FOSS software is clean from that bs and it's so easy for it to improve since outside people can (sort of) aid in development. I use proprietary software as a last resort and it doesn't happen very often.