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[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm not the one who said "everybody wins" in regards to private corporations adding to open source projects while also not making clear what people are "winning" from it.

[–] akulium@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't get your point at all. I know that you do not say that, but you don't even have any counter argument.

[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The point is the claim was "everybody wins." My point is "everybody" at best is 3% of the population who gives a shit about having control of their own software. No, mostly corporations win. Consumers get some fringe benefits at best. I'm not seeing regular people become multimillionaires simply because they use Linux instead of Windows. Mostly its weird fucking shut-ins.

[–] akulium@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

For context, do you use Linux or have you contributed to open source?