▲ 47 ▼ Orion for Linux beta update adds private browsing and link previews (www.omgubuntu.co.uk) submitted 3 months ago by cm0002@suppo.fi to c/linux@programming.dev 19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] lena@gregtech.eu 41 points 3 months ago (3 children) Not open source -> I'm not going to use it permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] lmuel@sopuli.xyz 22 points 3 months ago It's also a for-profit company based in the USA if I'm not mistaken. That rules out any kind of privacy and chances are they will start the enshittification process at some point, just like every other company offering a subscription service. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 4 points 3 months ago (1 child) IIRC, they said something like “we intend to open source it, but because of licensing and other IP concerns, we need to be careful how we structure the codebase, so we’re waiting until active development levels off”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] lena@gregtech.eu 8 points 3 months ago I see. I'll reconsider when that happens. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lmuel@sopuli.xyz 22 points 3 months ago It's also a for-profit company based in the USA if I'm not mistaken. That rules out any kind of privacy and chances are they will start the enshittification process at some point, just like every other company offering a subscription service. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 4 points 3 months ago (1 child) IIRC, they said something like “we intend to open source it, but because of licensing and other IP concerns, we need to be careful how we structure the codebase, so we’re waiting until active development levels off”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] lena@gregtech.eu 8 points 3 months ago I see. I'll reconsider when that happens. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lena@gregtech.eu 8 points 3 months ago I see. I'll reconsider when that happens. permalink fedilink source parent