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On 03/17/2015 10:55 PM, Duncan wrote: |
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> (As for chrome, even if I could run closed source I'd not trust it. |
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> Google is after all an ad/tracking company at core, which after |
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> all does own the doubleclick I've NEVER trusted and have blocked |
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> about a half- dozen different ways, and if they're insisting that |
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> something stay closed- source, I'm inclined to believe there's a |
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> /reason/ it's closed source, that I'd not like were it available to |
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> examine, and that I STILL don't like, hidden in code I /can't/ |
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> examine. So even if I were to run closed source in general, I'd be |
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> about as likely to run chrome as I would to run closed source from, |
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> say, Sony, "The rootkit people!(TM)".) |
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Hahah, I enjoyed that so much of this e-mail was in parentheses. |
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I agree with these thoughts. I think people come to open source |
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software for many different reasons. For some, it's the collaboration. |
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For some, it's because it's free as in beer. For some, it's the fact |
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that you can modify it to solve your particular needs. For others, |
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including me, it's primarily for trust reasons. I think it's important |
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to be able to trust the software we are giving private information to. |
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That's what draws me in. I also like the collaboration, and I like |
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that I can have it for $0 (though I do work professionally on writing |
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open source software, so in a way it pays me ☺). I also enjoy the many |
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other benefits. The "freedom" aspect of Free Software is really what |
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draws me. The freedom to modify is great too! |
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> (As for google in general, I use their search and I spend quite a |
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> bit of time in minitube and firefox (with youtube's new html5 |
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> support) on youtube. And some of my feeds are via feedburner, |
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> which I think is google's too, but I don't have a google account of |
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> any kind, third-party cookies are blocked and others are |
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> session-only (and unlike some I don't have a 50-tab firefox going |
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> constantly, so session-only generally means only a few hours at |
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> most), and I'm pretty strict with disconnect/request- |
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> policy/noscript policies, such that google generally gets no |
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> notification when I'm browsing other sites, so while I'm not |
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> kidding myself that they don't have a profile on me, it's much more |
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> limited than their profile on most users, for sure!) |
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I also find their tracking practices to be troubling. I avoid their |
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links, and I do what I can to educate the people around me about how |
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nothing they do is "free". |
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Randy Barlow |
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