You can practice FOSS-only on your own, but don't force it upon others. If they want to use a paid service, then let them.
this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2023
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You can also use Sync for free
With ads and tracking for said ads
I can’t really blame Sync devs for needing to eat.
Let’s complain about the issues that force monetization not the monetization itself.
Free in FOSS means as in freedom, not free as in beer. You can demand pay for foss software. You don't have to distribute it for free. The only requirement is that you provide source code if asked for and the other person can also you can modify it and redistribute it (for a price or free) if he wants.
I'm quite out of the loop with sync for lemmy, and frankly don't give a shit. Just please don't spread disinformatiin on what foss is.
You are describing the GPL. FOSS encompasses many licenses in addition to the GPL and those other licenses do not fit your description above.
GPL and it's derivatives are ones of the most zealous of them, yet they allow you to sell the software. FOSS doesn't require you to give away software for free and it's a common misconception. Apache for example also allows you to sell the software.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Software_Definition#The_definition_and_the_Four_Freedoms
You only lose monopolistic control over it.
Software is often free, because other people can choose to alter the software and redistribute for free.
What's worse is attacking the developer, which is not going to encourage devs to build for lemmy at all.
And they're attacking someone that was literally begged to bring his app to lemmy, with oaths to pay up. Nobody begged him to go open source. Nobody begged him to do it for free.
It's shitty to go after Dawson. Nobody but an asshole would do so. FOSS zealotry is no better than religious zealotry, or vegan zealotry, or atheist zealotry, or crossfit zealotry (just to fill out the meme of those three lol).
Don't like it? That's fine. Don't use it. But don't be a giant, gaping asshole about it.
Heh, I like this Project Wingman reference right there
Unexpected Project wingman is certainly unexpected.
If Sync brings more users to Lemmy, that's a net win for all of us here.
Definitely ootl here, what's happening with sync?
Astroturfing by Reddit, screaming that sync steals data (which it doesn't)
It sends telemetry data to about 30 companies. Pretty standard for Google Play tracking and it's not possible to know if the data is being taken advantage of or not.
It's good to be cautious of that. But if you're completely offended by that or if you're completely accepting of that, you should consider the situation better.
Duckduckgo only lists google as the tracker. But includes 36 different tracking things.
Complaining about complaining.
complainception