I previously didn’t really care but selfhosting has slowly pushed me to really care about my media and data. Moved to Linux, try to prefer FOSS even if some minor function is lost. But considering when it’s not worth it.

For me, it’s that I have 100% control and the devs respect the consumers enough to show they have nothing to hide.

  • LibbEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I don’t care much about ‘open source’ by itself. That’s just a way to share code and workload between devs. I’m not a dev, I’m barely much of a geek (but I did wrote a few Bash scripts, does that qualify? ;)

    I care a lot more about the software being Free/Libre.

    I moved to Linux because of the GNU and because of its focus on, well, user freedoms. Also, because I care about privacy and worry to see how quickly it’s being eaten away.

    So, I always favor a Libre software over a proprietary one, even if it lacks certain features. But I’m not against using something proprietary when I have to.