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[–] query@lemm.ee 38 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Such a waste of public resources, to not develop (or fund) free and open tools for everyone, instead of paying for temporary licenses for closed software.

[–] query@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Like hosting your own email server, if you also copy everyone else's emails to your server for the heck of it.

[–] query@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

Download a file, run on any player, on any device. It's always been more convenient, online services had to catch up to filesharing, not the other way around, and in many ways owe their existence to non-commercial entities showing how it could be done. They might figure out a good way of doing it, until the executives get involved and want to put their stamp on it.

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