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submitted 3 weeks ago by yoasif@fedia.io to c/foss@beehaw.org

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“A republic, if you can keep it.”

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[–] yoasif@fedia.io 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not really, when you push immature alternatives when ignoring a real choice. Seems more like you are supporting monopoly by ensuring that actual competitors get ignored - along with even smaller vendors.

"Look, don't use LibreOffice instead of Microsoft Word, what you really want is VIM!"

[–] drwankingstein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

this is an extraordinarily bad take.