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I've used Lemmy more in the past 12 hours than I have in the past month since signing up. All because of Sync. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by saf@lemmy.world to c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world

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Lemmy Finally feels usable! Thank you LJDawson

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[-] SmugBedBug@sh.itjust.works -4 points 1 year ago

One thing that worries me about Foss is the eventual lack of updates and potentially become abandonware. Many people mentioned that the Foss apps protects are a side project for most developers. They could easily lose interest or have other things happen in their life that take up more of their time.

These arguments are valid for closed source as well I agree, but this being the devs main focus makes me feel better about updates in the long term.

[-] rbits@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mean the opposite can be said as well. Since open source apps are, well, open source, if the developer abandons them, someone else can pick up where they left off, but that's not the case with the closed source apps.

Although the developer being paid to make the app can often make it higher quality.