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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2025 13:33:41 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-01-04, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
> On 2025-01-04 02:27, RonB wrote:
>> On 2025-01-04, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>> On 2025-01-03 18:11, chrisv wrote:
>>>> -hh wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> chrisv wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -highhorse wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Its a tool like anything else, so use the right tool for the job.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Advocates in COLA have historically fight against the wisdom of
>>>>>>> understanding that everything has its own strengths & weaknesses,
>>>>>>> swimming against uses where other solutions are better.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Of course, -highhorse is lying.  He's a trolling asshole who gets-off
>>>>>> on attacking decent, reasonable people.  His solutions are better, by
>>>>>> gum, and he'll ridicule anyone who thinks otherwise.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> According to the -highhorse troll, "Linux is what sloppy cheapskates
>>>>>> who cut corners prefer to use, rather than a quality product."
>>>>>
>>>>> (snipped, unread)
>>>>
>>>> Let me guess:  Quotes from cola advocates proving that, yes, they do
>>>> consider value when making a choice!  How terrible!
>>>>
>>>> That must mean that they would rather use Windows or Mac!  Not.
>>>>
>>>> -highhorse doesn't understand the importance of software freedom, so
>>>> he takes it out on his moral and intellectual superiors.  He thinks
>>>> it's about being a "cheapskate" or a "freeloader".  -highhorse claims
>>>> that "the open source nature of Linux tends to attractthe type of
>>>> persona who somehow believes that all avenues are one-way streets set
>>>> up to benefit him (and only him) as the true & deserving holy center
>>>> of the universe."
>>>>
>>>> -highhorse is a stupid person and an asshole.
>>>
>>> The thing about Linux is that it is indeed for the freeloader... but
>>> it's also for the academic, the gamer, the student, the poor family that
>>> can barely afford to eat and the average user who is content to buy
>>> quality software but also enjoys using the free stuff. I would wager
>>> that open-source enthusiasts actually pay more for software than Windows
>>> or Mac users do, but that they do it by donating to it.
>> 
>> Many Windows users openly brag about pirating their software. And Microsoft
>> basically gives away their office suite and OS to keep you in their
>> ecosystem. I don't think I've bought a used computer in 15 years that didn't
>> already have a Windows license built in — and they work all the way up to
>> Windows 11. (And still, I don't use the crap.)
>
> A guy I used to hang out with in the 2000s openly told me that he 
> pirated every game he played even though he could afford to buy them. In 
> his case, it seemed to be a force of habit though. Back when I was a 
> teenager, I don't think anyone bought a game at all. I was probably the 
> only one who ever did.

That's been my experience as well. Since I didn't play games (even when I 
used Windows) and had no interest in most Windows software (what I did buy 
was on clearance or used) I didn't have much incentive to pirate software. 
So changing to Linux didn't change my software buying habits at all. As a 
matter of fact, I think I've bought more Linux software than I ever bought 
of Windows software (at least paid more).

-- 
“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy 
what has been invented or made by the forces of good.”  —J.R.R. Tolkien