▲ 615 ▼ Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive (signal.org) submitted 2 years ago by u_tamtam@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world 170 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] balder1991@lemmy.world 51 points 2 years ago (1 child) Right? People simply expect someone else to pay the bills. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chris@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago And why wouldn't they? 90% of the software people use daily is free (as in beer), so of course being told that's going to change is going to cause upset. It takes a lot for people to want to pay money for something that, to those who don't value free (as in freedom) software, is no different than the costless alternative. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chris@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago And why wouldn't they? 90% of the software people use daily is free (as in beer), so of course being told that's going to change is going to cause upset. It takes a lot for people to want to pay money for something that, to those who don't value free (as in freedom) software, is no different than the costless alternative. permalink fedilink source parent