Re: This FOSS Thang :-)

On Mon, 11 Mar 2024 18:00:37 -0500, Physfitfreak wrote:

Money in the software business is never an issue for the customer. If
they do what they're supposed to do, and nothing more than that, openly
or subterraneanly, the money paid is well, well, well worth it. So this
"FOSS" thing everybody here is pro or con about, should really be just
"OSS". The issue, always, is the _abuse_ that the user experiences in
using them.
 

No.  The issue has always been about QUALITY.

With few exceptions, FOSS products are far superior to any commercial
offerings, and of those few exceptions most are available as GNU/Linux
versions.

Anyone who doubts this just does not understand how to effectively
utilize either computers or software.

I have an in-depth knowledge of digital computation and I use FOSS
products exclusively, both for my extensive avocational projects and
for my equally extensive business ($$$$$) purposes (for which I make
BIG BUCKS).

The superior quality of FOSS has been true since the very beginning
in 1998 or thereabouts.

But it is also true that commercial software is a complete racket.
Commercial products do not so much abuse as they gouge the naive
user at every opportunity.  The subscription model is an excellent
example of this practice.  I've been to companies that pay $100 per
month subscription fees for software that isn't even worth $20 to purchase
outright.  There is no doubt.  Commercial software is a racket and
it's only going to get worse in the future.

In conclusion:

1) FOSS is far superior to commercial products and anyone who disagrees
is only revealing his total digital stupidity.

2)Commercial software is basically an extortion racket.  If the user
cancels his subscription then all his accumulated data will vaporize --
unless of course he purchases a data extraction service for a hefty
fee.

P.S.  Since I don't own a smart phone, one of my clients gave me an
Android (i.e. Google) phone to handle 2-factor authentication.  Holy
moley!  I could not believe the total garbage that is contained therein!
The user has absolutely no control of anything.  I always keep it turned
off except for those few minutes that I need it.  But once again, the
face of commercialism revels its ugly and exploitive face.