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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Free refers to freedom, not price. No part of "FOSS" has anything to do with money or price.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well then what's the issue? Because every complaint I've seen so far has been about the optional monetary facet.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think people are complaining about ads because ads imply tracking. I don't know, I use Jerboa because I value the four freedoms, I'm not out here protesting non-free apps because the free apps work well enough for me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

AFAIK the way ad revenue works is dependent on trackers. Paying to remove ads on Sync also removes all trackers according to many people who have tested it; still seems to come down to not wanting to pay the developer.

Which is fine, of course. I just think framing the app as sketchy or something is completely misguided.