vikingtons comments on Just got a popup ad in Linux

submitted 9 months ago by Simulation6@sopuli.xyz to c/linux@sopuli.xyz

Gnome needs your support with a donate button.

How is this any different then the shit that Microsoft is pulling?

This was on Fedora 43, BTW.

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[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

for anyone getting caught up in this shallow bait rhetoric, one is a case of:

"please stay entrenched in our shitty software ecosystem so we can continue to treat you as the product"

and the other is a case of:

"please donate to us to help us develop this free and open source software"

the two experiences are similar but in no way equivalent.