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[–] BigDiction 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There’s just so much more opportunity for feedback, use case stories, and a variety of perspectives in open source development.

Good enterprise development does all those things as well, but there is always a bigger barrier to the user when you have to design behind a curtain.

[–] madcaesar 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure it's not lack of user feedback. It's MBAs deciding the user is wrong and unprofitable, therefore better add more tracking and ads.

[–] namarupa 4 points 1 week ago

Exactly. These companies have more feedback than they could ever parse. They only listen if said feedback results in loss of profit.

[–] CtrlAltDyeet 3 points 1 week ago

Yup, and not just ads. At one of my jobs at a SECURITY company the bugs are considered a liability. Features were prioritised, vulnerabilities be damned.

After that experience I doubt most proprietary software is more secure than open source