โฒ 1068 โผ PayPal Honey steals affiliate links and lies about finding the best coupons (youtube.com) submitted 2 years ago* by HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world 211 comments fedilink hide all child comments ๐ Fuck PayPal And fuck Linus Tech Tips for intentionally keeping quiet about this after they found out.
[โ] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (5 children) By that logic, linux users are the product. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [โ] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 23 points 2 years ago (2 children) Yeah, I feel like that's usually a very accurate saying, but it doesn't really work with a lot of open source projects. I hate that you're getting downvoted by so many people who don't realize you're pointing out an exception to the rule, and instead think you have some fundamental misunderstanding about how Linux works. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago* (1 child) They are getting downvoted for misconstruing something that is clearly a rule about profit making services and applying it to crowd sourced non-profit open source projects. Truly open source projects don't have suckers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 13 points 2 years ago* misconstruing something that is clearly a rule about profit making services To be honest I don't think that's clear at all, it feels like it's more a rule about being skeptical of free stuff online. And many for profit companies have open source projects that can be used safely even though the source is a for-profit. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] tabular@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) It's difficult for others to take advantage of you when you can learn what the software actually does and have it modified to work another way. Linux (for the most part) is open source but I'd argue the inclusion of any proprietary software/firmware/drivers means something ultimately isn't. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] catloaf@lemm.ee 21 points 2 years ago Linux is neither an online service, nor a business at all. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) No? The OS is the product. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] otp@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago I think the issue was with the original commenter's phrasing. Facebook looks like a product. But the commenter meant "How the product is being funded". Of course, it gets hard when there's multiple sources of revenue. You used to be able to spot ads and come to the conclusion that that was everything. Now an ad is just the tip of the iceberg. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago I mean, yes? The key difference is linux wants you to help make it better. Something like Honey steals your data, and steals money from others, and then wants you to make it better. permalink fedilink source parent [+] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 23 points 2 years ago (2 children) Yeah, I feel like that's usually a very accurate saying, but it doesn't really work with a lot of open source projects. I hate that you're getting downvoted by so many people who don't realize you're pointing out an exception to the rule, and instead think you have some fundamental misunderstanding about how Linux works. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago* (1 child) They are getting downvoted for misconstruing something that is clearly a rule about profit making services and applying it to crowd sourced non-profit open source projects. Truly open source projects don't have suckers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 13 points 2 years ago* misconstruing something that is clearly a rule about profit making services To be honest I don't think that's clear at all, it feels like it's more a rule about being skeptical of free stuff online. And many for profit companies have open source projects that can be used safely even though the source is a for-profit. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] tabular@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) It's difficult for others to take advantage of you when you can learn what the software actually does and have it modified to work another way. Linux (for the most part) is open source but I'd argue the inclusion of any proprietary software/firmware/drivers means something ultimately isn't. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago* (1 child) They are getting downvoted for misconstruing something that is clearly a rule about profit making services and applying it to crowd sourced non-profit open source projects. Truly open source projects don't have suckers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 13 points 2 years ago* misconstruing something that is clearly a rule about profit making services To be honest I don't think that's clear at all, it feels like it's more a rule about being skeptical of free stuff online. And many for profit companies have open source projects that can be used safely even though the source is a for-profit. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 13 points 2 years ago* misconstruing something that is clearly a rule about profit making services To be honest I don't think that's clear at all, it feels like it's more a rule about being skeptical of free stuff online. And many for profit companies have open source projects that can be used safely even though the source is a for-profit. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] tabular@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) It's difficult for others to take advantage of you when you can learn what the software actually does and have it modified to work another way. Linux (for the most part) is open source but I'd argue the inclusion of any proprietary software/firmware/drivers means something ultimately isn't. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] catloaf@lemm.ee 21 points 2 years ago Linux is neither an online service, nor a business at all. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) No? The OS is the product. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] otp@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago I think the issue was with the original commenter's phrasing. Facebook looks like a product. But the commenter meant "How the product is being funded". Of course, it gets hard when there's multiple sources of revenue. You used to be able to spot ads and come to the conclusion that that was everything. Now an ad is just the tip of the iceberg. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] otp@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago I think the issue was with the original commenter's phrasing. Facebook looks like a product. But the commenter meant "How the product is being funded". Of course, it gets hard when there's multiple sources of revenue. You used to be able to spot ads and come to the conclusion that that was everything. Now an ad is just the tip of the iceberg. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago I mean, yes? The key difference is linux wants you to help make it better. Something like Honey steals your data, and steals money from others, and then wants you to make it better. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent