True, but we're talking about clients here. If hackers want to hack Lemmy they wouldn't be able to do that by looking at the source code of, let's say, Jerboa.

In general your observation is right tho, but still, I like to have control over my software. We all have different point of views and it's totally okay to live according to them, especially when it comes to something as shallow as which apps and programs to use.

I'd like to add that if a piece of software is vulnerable, it is vulnerable regardless of its openness. Surely hackers would have a more difficult time when it's closed, but it's a matter of time before it'll be exploited.

[–] Catweazle@social.vivaldi.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@tired_n_bored, I also prefer FOSS, but as I say, it's very important to control which, it's risky to use FOSS if it's outdated, unatended and lacks an active community. In this case I prefer an alternative of a small startup, even if it isn't FOSS. F.Exampl one of my favorite is this one, a hobby project of 2 electricians
https://www.ssuitesoft.com/categories/webapps.htm

Avoiding only proprietary soft of big corporations which create incomming with surveillance advertising, profiling the user to sell this data.

[–] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Absolutely 👍

[–] Catweazle@social.vivaldi.net 1 points 1 year ago

@tired_n_bored, most secure if a FOSS is selfhosted, but only if you have and use an own server, for a lot of user because of this, it isn't an option when they don't have the needed trust to a third party server.
Anyway, it's very important, something nobody does, except me, to read the PP and TOS of a product, there are often bad surprises, independent if it's FOSS or not.