• Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
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    14 days ago

    Piracy has clear downsides with proprietary software in most cases. Lack of updates and support are big ones. Also its considered moral to pay for your software.

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      14 days ago

      These same arguments are equally true for GPL software.

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        14 days ago

        Yeah but then they’d be more of a support company that also happens to create the service. You could pay anyone for support it doesnt have to be the primary source.