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333 points indigodaddy | 3 comments | 13 Nov 22 02:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.665s | source
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colordrops ◴[13 Nov 22 03:18 UTC] No.33579637[source]▶
Plex is one of the reasons I now always choose open source over closed source but free as in beer. They start out great but as financial constraints creep in the compromises are made that create a very unpleasant experience. For example, I'd love to use Obsidian, which is an amazing app, but who knows what will happen to it in the future.
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dmitriid ◴[13 Nov 22 09:01 UTC] No.33581330[source]▶
> I now always choose open source over closed source but free as in beer.

> They start out great but as financial constraints creep in

Funny how you talk about financial constraints, and still refuse to pay for software.

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10729287 ◴[13 Nov 22 10:49 UTC] No.33581842[source]▶
Paying won't guarantee you the soft you pay for won't switch business model for subscription, or sell to a bigger company that will extinguish it.
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dmitriid ◴[13 Nov 22 13:01 UTC] No.33582642[source]▶
Not paying for software all but guarantees that it will be abandoned at one point. People want to eat, after all.

(The dichotomy between "I must earn a gazillion dollars because I'm a senior dev" and "I will not pay money (that pays those salaries) for software" that's so prevalent on HN is mind boggling)

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1. colordrops ◴[13 Nov 22 19:16 UTC] No.33586364[source]▶
Yes Linux and Vim are dead. There are also no other examples of long lived open source projects that are free.
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2. dmitriid ◴[13 Nov 22 19:36 UTC] No.33586526[source]▶
Linux is primarily developed by large corporations.

And there are significantly more projects that have stagnated and disappeared than those that survived.

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3. colordrops ◴[13 Nov 22 20:55 UTC] No.33587242[source]▶
Whether a project is free or not is not the only consideration as to whether I adopt it for my workflow, just a core one.