How is that false equivalency? Comparing fdroid to the play store is about as close as you can get.

The false equivalency is not that the two aren’t comparable products, the false equivalency is that they have those problems at similar rates, because they don’t.

You’re not backing your points up with any actual reasoning or examples

My reasoning is experience. FOSS has this reputation among most people. Only people who are willfully ignorant can’t see it. I could give you examples all day but it’d just be cherry-picking and I’m sure you would remain unswayed. Feel free to ignore me, I’m just saying what it is.

I am genuinely curious why you think people pay money for worse software though…

I don’t avoid proprietary solutions that do a better job

That was my entire point. The person I was originally replying to seemed to suggest exactly that.

Wouldn’t it be cool if these were built into their respective platforms!?

I think Sepia Search was actually integrated into PeerTube in the last update (7.1)

You can also go on the play store and find a huge list of proprietary apps that haven’t been updated.

Once again, false equivalency.

Also saying that FOSS software is “notoriously low quality” is silly.

It’s not silly, it’s plain to see for anyone that has tried to use it. But it is hilarious to see you try to deny it.

Do you think people just enjoy throwing away money to give themselves a worse experience?

Proprietary software is also notoriously low-quality and can disappear at any time

This is just a false equivalency. Do both of those things happen in both cases? Sure. Does it happen WAY more often with FOSS? Also yes. Just go through F-Droid or Flathub and look at the long list of apps that haven’t been updated in years.

Paid software is typically not something someone does in their free time to fill a resume for a real job. It’s something they are able to dedicate real time to because it pays their bills and they have obligations to their paying users. They can also hire other people who also gets their bills paid and have similar obligations.

Neither one is inherently better.

“Ownership” can mean a lot of different things and the things you listed are most certainly not a requirement.

if you want updated versions you need to keep paying periodically.

But you can continue using the older version, yes?

FOSS is notoriously low quality and can disappear at any given time when the developer(s) lose motivation. Don’t get me wrong, I love them too, but I’ll also gladly pay for something more polished and sustainable.

I’m not pretending anything. And I’m not gonna continue engaging with you with this completely unnecessary tone. You don’t know what you’re talking about. Goodbye.

Explain how I’m wrong or go away. Your unwarranted personal insults are not welcome.

If the hardware doesn’t have drivers then it’s incompatible 🤷

I’m not really so concerned with how it’s incompatible…

I don’t know how to answer that. Because most hardware is not compatible.

I mean probably never? You’d have to design hardware specifically that’s compatible with Linux, which would cost a fortune, in the hopes of selling a whole bunch of them, and they can’t even get large numbers of people to use Linux for free.

Society doesn’t have to. Medical malpractice is a huge industry that individuals are often involved in. There’s already case precedent for this sort of thing.

I pay for it so the TV and web experience is ad free.

Yeah, I mean, you don’t need to pay for it to get that.

Amazon says “hold my beer”

I’d totally pay for YT…But I honestly watch so little that their monthly sub just isn’t worth it for me.

I’d pay for it if their first-party experience wasn’t so horrific and gave me any control over my feed.

Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be designed to work without an account.

Nice

“Various humans” is fine, corporations, not so much.