Got this pamphlet for a 3d printer and they're boasting "proprietary software!" on the flyer like it's a pro and not a con

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[–] 25 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Proprietary often means "support, as long as we have to, then fuck you".

I learned the hard way, by selling proprietary products from a corpo that promised support. Would unironically be better off manufacturing them myself.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Oh absolutely. You're preaching to the choir here. Part of the reason I have a lot of hope around riscv. The processor designs themselves aren't necessarily open source. But with the ISA being open and open source the first to embrace. It "could" foster a new much less proprietary ecosystem.

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