Comment on We tested a transport app that cost the public £4m against Google Maps

• VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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 ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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• zalgotext@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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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• Magnum@infosec.pub ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Thank you sir for making this planet a living hell

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• tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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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• scratchee@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I do, when those investments can be copied for free

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• Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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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• a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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• zalgotext@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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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