God

no no, that’s not my job actually

It is an appeal for reddit to commit self-die

We deserve human rights, democracy, freedom of speech, privacy. Since software is a huge part of our lives, Free Software should also be on that list.

never seen any proof of anyone deserving anything, including that

it wouldn’t cost the developer anything.

i can charge $1k or i can charge $0, if i can choose, why would i go with $0. i like money, it makes life easier.

Developers should have the responsibility of ensuring their users get the freedoms they deserve.

No one deserves anything

right to study and modify the program and distribute the original copy and the modifications

there is no such right in any code, legal or moral, that i’ve read in the past, i wonder what philosophical branch it is that sources this perspective

what’s stopping the developer from adding spyware into the app

nothing, but when they do that, that’s when they’re “being unethical”. That’s like saing it’s unethical to have a kitchen knife in your kitchen because you COULD stab someone with it.

Why would anyone trust that the program does what’s in their best interest?

cuz they’re dumb & uninformed. doesn’t make it unethical tho, afaik.

I saw a bug

I see this user who deployed using this script, I click the username link below his name which should lead to server.tld/u/username, but it leads to server.tld/users/username, maybe some kind of dbUser -> outside world configuration is broken?

Also the Bio is different on his local instance and the federated instance?

unethical? takes away control?? you choose what to put on your device, proprietary software doesn’t enslave your hand into pressing the install button.

I tried all of the apps out there including Sync and continued using RIF because, for me, it was simply a superior user experience to anything else in the market.

Aesthetics-wise, though, Sync and many others are much better. Sync is one of my favorites for sure. It’s very pretty. I used it for a long while trying to make it my new alternative cuz the looks were so much better. It was very good. I can’t remember why I went back to RIF. Must have been a trifling detail.

Overall I’m extremely happy to see Sync here. It’s a high class app in what is a primitive environment I thought was not gonna be amazing due to the lack of apps and stuff. I’m 100% sure if Sync is finished here, there’s no stopping Lemmy’s growth.