Historical_General,

This is all sounding a bit insular. I’m happy with the tech stuff but let’s not turn the entire site into a discussion about a specific app or two.

Freesoftwareenjoyer,

It’s a discussion about ethics. Proprietary software is unethical.

Magrid,
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I’m using Sync for lemmy

edit: I tried it these days and I don’t like it, I’m switching back to the webapp

TheQuantumPhysicist,

The amount of shilling Sync receives makes me worry that something is up with it. It’s not normal that I even believe some bots and sock puppets are involved. I’m not touching it with a long stick until someone does some proper security analysis on it. I’m not dumb to fall for peer pressure. Good luck, guys!

Freesoftwareenjoyer,

I’m not touching it with a long stick until someone does some proper security analysis on it

How would that happen? It’s proprietary software, we don’t have access to the source code. And that’s the whole point. We can’t verify what it does and we can’t modify it.

The alternative is Free/Libre Software. That’s what Lemmy is, Jerboa and many others. Their authors publish the source code and let their users study it, modify it and distribute it. Because they are not trying to hide anything from us. That’s the ethical way to make software.

MonsiuerPatEBrown,

Boy do I have to bad news for OP about how advertising & marketing works in the for profit world.

ConfuzedAZ,

Can I ask, what the heck is FOSS?

magikmw,

Free Open Source Software

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