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I was trying to be a little kinder, but yeah, that's my general opinion.

It's one reason I like code that's actually owned by a foundation/organization that has all that pesky oversight and meetings and politicking because it makes things MUCH harder to be unilaterally sold out from under their users: it DOES happen, but it's not just writing a check to one guy and hey presto next week your shit is broken/infested with malware/vanishes without a trace.

They have their own problems and require funding to actually operate as intended, but it's at least a layer between the 'I made this' meme and the users of the software.

this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2023
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