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• Gargantuan@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  that’s not my point. it’s the assumption that anything tax payer funded should be open source by default.

  as a tax payer, I’m not sure I want other countries freeloading on our investments.

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  • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    as a tax payer, I’m not sure I want other countries freeloading on our investments.

    Ugh. Money is a curse

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  • VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    “I have helped pay for something good. More people could benefit from it, at no additional cost to me. But I’d rather they not.”

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    • yakko@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Some people can’t help but look at the common human endeavour and think, “this tower is getting too tall, God should punish our teamwork.”

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  • scratchee@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I do, when those investments can be copied for free

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  • Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Maybe you should only use it based on how much you paid/contributed. You don’t want to free load off other tax payer’s money

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  • tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Then it dies as an investment, relegated to the halls of decay like other closed source apps as soon as it loses relevance

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  • Magnum@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Thank you sir for making this planet a living hell

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  • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    as a tax payer, I’m not sure I want other countries freeloading on our investments.

    Ugh. Money is a curse

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  • a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Great point. If someone else may derive value from it, then it is a lost cause and no one should have it.

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