Google is putting ads in gmail. WTF? - eviltoast

Why would anyone use this over Proton Mail or the gazillion alternatives if it treats people like shit.

  • bane_killgrind@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    So many paid products are buggy, get EOL with some small notice, or pad their bottom line selling user data.

    At least with FOSS you have the option of picking up maintenance yourself if the corp drops that product. Support for mission critical infrastructure will only last as long as your support contract with closed software.

    That’s a huge risk.

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        11 months ago

        I disagree that the users are the product with FOSS is what I was getting at. Major contributions being done by individuals is a special case, with little regard for business continuity. There are obvious examples of people that do it, but the real value regardless of the quality of the individual contributors is the ability to fork your own if the contributions stop aligning with your business plan.

        That ability to bring the software in house is a guarantee.