mcc on Nostr: You don't use open source software because it's better (it usually isn't). You don't ...
You don't use open source software because it's better (it usually isn't).
You don't use open source software because it's freer (it only sometimes is).
You don't use open source software because it's got better politics (it isn't always).
You use open source software because *it is the only option*. In the long run, if it isn't open source, it doesn't exist.
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Published at
2026-02-02 19:08:12 UTCEvent JSON
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