• frymbial@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 months ago

    That you can transfer your skills to any other company/avenue/whatever. Just imagine going to the next company to get proprietary software B.

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    2 months ago

    You have greater assurance of what the software is doing behind the scenes.

    Even if you can’t read code, others who can will; privacy groups (official and hobbyist) likely will.

    You can know, even if just through others, sort of what’s going on with the software in a way you simply can’t with proprietary software.

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    2 months ago

    They give me a problem to solve, it’s up to me what tools I use.

    If i can do it in the same time or faster with my choice of software I will.

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    2 months ago

    You don’t have to hope the company fixes it or is really doing the security checks they’re supposed to.