So, I just wrote a thing: "Why 'free' proprietary software will always end in tears" https://davelane.nz/why-free-proprietary-software-will-always-end-tears (it's late, and I haven't really proof read it, but if you're feeling bold, have at it. Happy to have comments here or there, and any corrections welcome & appreciated!
Hah - another case of appreciating Mastodon's 'edit post' feature so I could fix a dropped paren.
For the record, in the past 5 minutes, that post has had more than 1000 reads.
@d72d5211 Spot on! My general response to “It’s free” these days is “Why?”
@d72d5211 Also highly relevant to the whole Unity disaster...
@d72d5211 if it's free it's always what's the trap. And it is too often a trap for NFPs.
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"just so the can participate" *they
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Organisational dependence achieved
"Heja will trumped all sorts of 'enhancements' " asume *trumpet
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Progressive enshittification
"amount an organisation has pay just enough : *to pay
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Well, this is awkward
3 small errors is pretty good going :D
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