Post by @dalias@hachyderm.io

The myth that software needs constant updates has utterly undermined the principles of free software and immensely empowered sloppers and other bad actors.

The whole idea was supposed to be that, once you get something released as free software, you have it forever, and don't have to care about the people who made it selling out and betraying you.

That was like the whole distinction from proprietary software, where we knew it would always end that way.

And somehow we let the worst people in out spaces convince us that we have to accept the same from free software.

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jiub :v_enby: :v_trans: :v_est:

@jiub@not.an.evilcyberhacker.net 46 min. ago

@dalias@hachyderm.io seriously! like what does rsync need major updates at this point? it was feature complete like 20 years ago

Cassandrich

@dalias@hachyderm.io 51 min. ago

I largely blame the authoritarian infosec culture for this.

Cassandrich

@dalias@hachyderm.io 44 min. ago

The authoritarian infosec crowd is just like cop apologists.

They want you to believe it's better to trust abusive authority figures than to risk your luck with the hordes of scary criminals out to get you.

Cassandrich

@dalias@hachyderm.io 48 min. ago

I also blame well-sponsored foss developers/maintainers, i.e. mainly those funded by corporations/LF, who have a vested financial interest in users being kept dependent on them.

The Linux kernel folks are very explicit that they want to force you to follow mainline and undermine your ability to use the free software you've already obtained from them indefinitely.