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[–] hobovision@mander.xyz -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ah but that's the thing, I did let you borrow the crimps, with a little lecture attached.

It's tough because obviously we don't know each other. I don't know if you have real interest or just wanted someone else to do the thinking for you. You don't know if I don't want to help or if I was just being an ass.

So I appreciate you actually trying to give real advice. I should maybe think twice about my comments like that. I will give some advice back.

I would love to see more people like you do a little bit of background reading and a little bit of critical thinking on their own before asking others how to think. Not more than a minute or two, maybe not even more than just reading the article to see if the answer is in it. You're already on your phone or PC, the information is very accessible.

Instead of "How are they any different? Why won't they just do the same thing?" it could be "I get that they're open source, but couldn't it just get abandoned anyway? That doesn't seem any better than enshittifying, so how could I tell if that is likely?"

[–] stickyprimer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

before asking others how to think

Well, I’m back to telling you to go fuck yourself. Shame.