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Were UNIX with every possible fancy interface feature with none of the shitty drawbacks of having to use the command line like you, Linux users

And it’s hilarious how many people here hallucinate that we have to pay for shit that we really don’t. Sure, there are a bunch of premium features that 99.99999999% of us never ever think about, and all of you constantly freak out about.

Seriously, all of the users here keep telling me about macOS and iOS features I’ve never heard of and you all shit your pants constantly about a year after year, and I’ve never heard about it or care about them.

It’s hilarious how many people here have psychotic episodes about macOS and iOS features that never bothered me. Yeah I have thousands of more features and use ability awesomeness that none of you ever get.

And my operating systems are as free as yours.

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Bo7a@piefed.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Why is it that half the time I see a diatribe with no substance but a lot of syllables just for the sake of syllables it is you?

Cut it out.

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- homes@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
  What a hypocritical thing to say
  
  If you don’t like my comments, just do what I’m gonna do to you: use the block function
  
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strawberry_enjoyer42@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
It’s a shame my instance has disabled downvoting.

Linux is not exclusively for anti-capitalist FOSS-lovers like myself. As you mentioned, there are multiple different corporate distros. Additionally, “The Cloud” runs on Linux: not even Microsoft uses Windows to host their services. And let’s not forget Android and Tizen!

All of that is, however, beside the point. Do you reject Wikipedia because it too is created by volunteers? Software, like knowledge, exists beyond the concept of scarcity.

If us FLOSS-lovers had our way, no one would ever have to pay for software, as it would be maintained by the community. And of course, most such projects and developers accept donations.

I hope this does not fall on deaf ears, though I understand that the concept of working to improve the lives of others (and one’s own life) without some form of direct payment is… foreign, to many people living under capitalism.

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AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I’ve never seen a software freedom or open-source enthusiast make anything remotely like this argument. When we have criticisms of predominantly open-source-based companies, it’s usually because they’re adding some kind of proprietary scamware into their systems, not because they’re charging money for their services.

Plenty of people and companies have found ways to generate income - yes, even beyond donations - while still respecting other’s rights. You’re just repeating a lie that’s been debunked and dead for years.

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hperrin@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I am a software engineer who believes software engineers should be paid for their work. I use Linux. Do I mean nothing to you??

I think most Linux users don’t have a problem with things like RHEL. I personally think it’s great. I don’t personally use it, but I have absolutely no problem with it.

The actual problem Linux users care about is when people use and modify the Linux kernel (or any other GPL project), distribute the binaries, but don’t distribute the source code. (I’m looking at you, Sony.)

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