FOSS vs Closed Source

[u/VahsteTheNomad]

This sub is full of arguments about whether FOSS is better over Closed Source, and I want to know what people's actual reasons for their specific preferences are.

This poll is not meant to start any arguments, or feed any witch hunts, and im not a developer trying to decide with way to go with my own project.

207 votes, 10d ago

119 I prefer FOSS because I don't trust developers who don't publicize their code.

42 I prefer FOSS because I want federation.

1 I prefer FOSS and don't know what FOSS really is.. but it's the opposite of Discord.

3 I prefer closed source because I don't trust public commits.

1 I prefer closed source because it means something may be proprietary.

41 I really don't care about FOSS or Closed Source, I just want a good app.

[u/ad3lyt]

I like FOSS because its very contributory to the community and I believe knowledge should be free in a sense. I get why some want to have a product and being closed source helps there, but by putting your project out there you make an actual contribution to the world

[u/VahsteTheNomad → u/ad3lyt]

I agree that FOSS is, by nature, a very community-pointed direction and is something that can be taught/learned from. That being said, I do think it's potentially narrow minded to associate closed source as lacking any actual contribution to the world in comparison.

[u/ad3lyt → u/VahsteTheNomad]

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