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World Without Corporations (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

There's a very good reasons why people and organisations will pay for proprietary software when there is a free alternative available. I've used FOSS word processors before, for example, and they're okay, but nothing like what Microsoft Office can do. Same with video editing.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    There's a very good reasons why people and organisations will pay for proprietary software when there is a free alternative available.

    Yup... risk transfer

    Pay somebody else to take responsibility for pieces of your business process, then blame them when something goes wrong - that's why we have a contract.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    There’s a very good reasons why people and organisations will pay for proprietary software when there is a free alternative available.

    And there are also very good reasons why people and organisations are stopping relying on proprietary software and switching to open alternatives that won't lock them up.

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