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		johnywalks on Aug 28, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Time Till Open Source Alternative > open source as a whole sucks at building products, but is great at building infrastructure Infrastructure you can trust. Most close sourced tech will lock you in and you're at their mercy - no thanks.

dvfjsdhgfv on Aug 28, 2022 [–]

Because this is, well, the very purpose of proprietary infrastructure: to lock you in. Today, it seems to exist mostly in places where people have no choice.

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