• @Kbobabob
    link
    English
    271 year ago

    If a service is free, you are the product.

    Linux?

      • GigglyBobble
        link
        fedilink
        91 year ago

        True for Windows as well. Ever upgraded to a new version before the first SP? Linux just gets upgrades a lot faster than Windows (and I mean the conservative distros like Debian. Bleeding-edge distros are on a completely other level).

        • Unaware7013
          link
          fedilink
          11 year ago

          Don’t even need to upgrade, you get to test monthly if you’re not brave enough to hang a month behind.

      • @lemme_at_it
        link
        English
        1
        edit-2
        1 year ago

        Microsoft have been known to ship a product with thousands of known bugs on its release date. In the networking space (Windows NT), there were Technet CDs that were released to fix all manner of known bugs just so the corporates wouldn’t have to wait for a Service Pack

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      121 year ago

      Perhaps a better statement would be, if a for profit service is free, you are the product. Obviously it’s possible for someone to make free stuff if they want to, but if someone is making money from you using something, but you aren’t paying them, then they’re making that money by selling someone else access to you.

    • @captainlezbian
      link
      English
      31 year ago

      Linux is just an advertisement to contribute to open source