Comment on Adobe putting spam in notification tray on Windows
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 2 months agoHow is that ironic?
The irony is having to use one kind of licensed tool on another diametrically opposed type of licensed tool.
Its not how the tool is used (as you described), but the licensing of the tool, versus the licensing that the tools being used on.
I’ll be blunt, that seems self-evident, not worthy of your reply. But, if you have a better word for me to use than ironic, please let me know.
friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I guess if you think it’s ironic then you do you. I’ve been using OSS software to make proprietary OSes not suck for almost 3 decades, and that’s exactly one of the things I expect it to do.
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You honestly see no irony in using an open source product to repair/modify a closed source product, license-wise? At al
friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I don’t. People use non-proprietary tools to repair proprietary things all the time. Screwdrivers and hammers and soldering irons all are open tools that are used to build and maintain proprietary physical objects. I can’t see any irony in it because I can’t see it any other way. Imagine that GM built cars using only tools that were hidden behind a trade secret. Seems far fetched, doesn’t it? It does to me at any rate.
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Again, it’s not how the tool is used, or what the tools used on, it’s the licensing difference, that is the irony.
That closed source products have to rely on open source products to work well.