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OP is clickbaiting FUD again. Classic.
What part is FUD? FTA:
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They're removing the free product they offered for Linux and are sticking it behind a $100+/mo license, and the alternative option for not paying is using unsupported software and being left with any security problems unless you pay an ongoing license.
Read the commends at https://lemy.lol/post/66119615
You didn't link a specific comment, so your reply isn't worth much. The first 'substantive' response I ran across was pretty dumb, effectively saying the Linux app was costing AMD money while offering windows for free and Linux behind a paywall. I didn't care to keep reading.
So, again, what part of it is FUD?
The part in the OP that is influencing perception by disseminating negative and dubious information about AMD when AMDs actions are actually justified.
Yeah, this is the part we're disagreeing on, because so far I haven't seen a real justification for why the same app is fine on windows but not Linux and is only accessible on linux through a subscription. What part of Linux specifically costs them money that doesn't on windows?
Also, just because you don't like the info doesn't make it dubious. And ironically, your defense of them is dubious by providing vague responses and unsupported accusations of spreading FUD.
honestly I would stop arguing with this guy. hes responded several times with no detail when you asked him for hit. heck im going to look at his profile and lable him at the least after seeing this.
Is possible to label users on the web app side? Asking for an idiot Lemmy user. Certainly not myself.
on piefed yes. Im not sure about lemmy. piefed and lemmy do a lot of code sharing though. i mean i think.
Hope you find some good stuff!
K
If anyone had any doubts, you've effectively admitted you're wrong. You can't even respond to basic questions about the "FUD" anyone is spreading, especially your own.
Maybe try to shill in places that don't know how to ask basic follow up questions, you'll probably get farther.
We don't have to agree on things, and thats okay.
It would help if you provided more than unsourced claims and what amounts to telling me to do my own research to figure out your point. As is, I don't know what you believe past a general disagreement with basic points, only that you're apparently unable or unwilling to support it, so I have to assume you can't support it after multiple attempts at good faith discussion.
So maybe actually explain why you see this as FUD, or I'm going to take that as confirmation you know your argument is wrong. At this point, I have to assume you're wasting time and just desperate to get the last word.
I don't feel like spending time on you, ngl. Have a good day.
Can you explain?
As far as I can see OP took the original article headline verbatim; the article itself does describe the exact kind of bait-and-switch model as I've heard it used: company offers open standard edition, after a while switches it to basic / 'core' offering which locks e.g. Linux access behind a (steep) paywall.
Read the comments at https://lemy.lol/post/66119615
You'll have to point me even closer because none of the comments I have seen on that post state what happened is different than what I described above?
I can see a comment stating the switch is justified in their eyes, but it doesn't negate that it is a bait-and-switch model.
Wish I had time. If you care to dive in, I've provided a link to the post. If you don't believe any of the comments fit, then I guess you don't agree with the comments, and thats fine.
Not a single one of those comments gives the clarity that you see to think that it does. There were two comments that seemed to support removing Linux from the free tier because... ? No real reason was given, even by these vague supporters as to why it should be free for Windows and not Linux.
K
The term "bait and switch" has a widely accepted meaning, and this scenario meets the requirements of that definition.
It seems to me that you have some sort of affinity for AMD that causes you to bristle at critiques of the company, but the facts are uncomfortable ones and very plain to see.
Consider that publicly traded companies have no allegiances. Aligning yourself with them makes you a free marketing tool.
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