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0 pointsgurkendoktor14y ago0 comments

> people cheer them on for it and hail them as the saviors of mankind

[citation needed]?

Nobody is specifically cheering because it's closed source. I would cheer even more if they had iOS and opened it up for minor tinkering.

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Tichy14y ago· 3 in thread

I just deleted my rant that I wrote as a reply to this.

Look, there have been a zillion articles raving about Apple in the last two weeks. Just google for yourself, don't ask me for citations about the most blatantly obvious things. It really annoys me.

No, they usually don't cheer the closedness (although it happens often enough), but they don't seem to mind it, either.

tychobrahe14y ago

I've been reading your comments for some time and you seem to have serious anger problems when the subject is Apple. Also, you're very disrespectful to Apple users, bringing the topic even when it has nothing to do with the company. I seriously recommend a psychiatrist or counselour. Apple/Google are not religions, my friend!!!

sbuk14y ago

I'm sorry, but why should people have an issue with how software is developed? What makes OSS that much better?

Tichy14y ago

The original article complains that Android is not open enough. So apparently if you go closed source, nobody cares, but if you give away your stuff, people feel entitled to more.

As for what makes OSS better: you can check what the software does, and change it if you don't like it. I think you can find lots of articles about the benefits of OSS. However, I don't care what kind of software you use, so please spare me the discussion.

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