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Everything wants me to pay rent (lemmy.world)
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[–] 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

This is why FOSS with donation is actually a superior model.

I honestly rather download a free software and donate after I know that it’s good and I’ll know that I’ll always have access to it.

Paying for something that can be revoked (cause it’s a legally license, not owned) just doesn’t sound like ownership.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Right, but the problem with FOSS is a that it usually moves slow, typically isn't very user friendly, and has no real support from devs most of the time.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    But also: Blender
    It really is a marvel of open source software.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    To add on to this:

    • Krita (for art and what I want to use for learning art, it's avalible for both Linux and Windows)

    • Inkscape (for vector making and also can be used as a better text tool than kritas built in text tool if you're using it in a combined workflow, avalible on Windows and Linux)

    • Tahoma 2D (fork of OpenToonz, OpenToonz coming from Toonz which Studio Ghibli also uses. Used for 2D animation)

    • Qbitorrent (torrent application avalible on both Linux and Windows)

    • Gimp (Image editing program avalible on both Linux and Windows but in my personal opinion needs a UX rework)

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    That because people won't donate. Any project that manages to figure out a way to get donations or pay for it with enterprise support generally ends up with a better product than proprietary, because there's feedback, feature requests, and bug reports to make it better.

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