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  • Ulrich@feddit.org
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    2 days ago

    How is that false equivalency? Comparing fdroid to the play store is about as close as you can get.

    The false equivalency is not that the two aren’t comparable products, the false equivalency is that they have those problems at similar rates, because they don’t.

    You’re not backing your points up with any actual reasoning or examples

    My reasoning is experience. FOSS has this reputation among most people. Only people who are willfully ignorant can’t see it. I could give you examples all day but it’d just be cherry-picking and I’m sure you would remain unswayed. Feel free to ignore me, I’m just saying what it is.

    I am genuinely curious why you think people pay money for worse software though…

    I don’t avoid proprietary solutions that do a better job

    That was my entire point. The person I was originally replying to seemed to suggest exactly that.

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      FOSS has this reputation among most people.

      Source? Every commenter here disagrees with you, so it seems like your wild claim is not supported by any evidence.

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        2 days ago

        Every commenter here disagrees with you

        Oh, well if all 2 of you disagree with me, that must mean that I’m wrong and not that you want to lie about it so that more people will use FOSS.

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          It’s actually 5 people vs. you right now, and anyone can count to confirm it. Calling out the fact that you have produced zero evidence for your wild claims is not “wanting to lie”, it’s just stating what any observer can see.

          You said that your “reasoning is experience”, so let this conversation be an experience that challenges your perception of what others think about FOSS.

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            It’s actually 5 people vs. you right now, and anyone can count to confirm it

            It isn’t.

            you have produced zero evidence

            You really gotta quit with the sealioning. I’ve already explained this several times. I’m not doing it again.

            so let this conversation be an experience that challenges your perception of what others think about FOSS.

            I’ll do that but the cards are still stacked against you.

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      2 days ago

      Just get off the tech communities. You really don’t know anything, you spam stupid takes all over the place. 2k comments in 3 months. Go do anything else, please.

      Earlier you were complaining about bloatware on android phones, with a long list of examples from Samsung. Then you go on and attack the quality of FOSS, which you definitely don’t use. But somehow paying for proprietary is better because it’s more polished and sustainable? While bloatware is a term? This is why I tagged you as “bad faith actor/unintelligent”.

      Please delete your account. You make this place worse.

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        2 days ago

        All those personal insults REALLY motivated me to take your advice but I think I’ll just block you instead and report you for harrassment.

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      That’s not what a false equivalency is, but ok.

      FOSS has this reputation among most people.

      Most people don’t have any clue what FOSS is. They just want software, and if its free and works, they’ll like it.

      I am genuinely curious why you think people pay money for worse software though…

      I provided two reasons in my post. Superior marketing and professional support.

      That was my entire point. The person I was originally replying to seemed to suggest exactly that.

      Ok, but thats not what you went on to say.

      You are not arguing in good faith, I don’t care to continue going in circles.