Comment by bigfishrunning
3 months ago
There is very little danger of your fork advertising you, or your spoon selling your data to the highest bidder. Using non-free software involves a ton of trust in the companies that produce them. Using free software without auditing it also involves trust, but less (because at least it's possible to audit!)
I should add that I don’t care at all about my data being sold (to the highest bidder or otherwise). I also have a personal policy of paying for subscriptions (ad-free when possible) when they’re available.
But if something changes and I have to switch then I have to switch.
Not worth worrying about today!
Even if you pay for it, there's really nothing stopping closed source software from selling your data. Especially Saas offerings.
Yes and I literally don’t care if they sell my data.
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