The Xz backdoor and a near miss on the F-Droid app store show how the entitled attitude of some people in the open source community can be used to push malicious or insecure code.
  • @[email protected]English
    8•3 months ago

    I think they mean that a lot of proprietary software (supposedly) has a large (or at least well-founded) team working on it

      • @[email protected]English
        5•3 months ago

        I mean, they didn’t though Theoretically, well-funded teams would be able to create more secure software and fix vulnerabilities faster than some random guy who works a full-time job and codes in his free time

        • @[email protected]English
          0•3 months ago

          You say they didn’t, and then go on to make a point they didn’t make…

          They didn’t comment on funding whatsoever. Plenty of open-source software gets funding, and not all closed source software gets funding.

          The issue is with bullying and burnout. Nothing to do with being closed or open source.

          • @[email protected]English
            3•3 months ago

            I’m sorry that I’m apparently not getting my point across to you

            Proprietary software is often made by a corporation, who pays full-time developers. Those full-time developers are given a salary to work on that software. That salary is normally more than what open-source devs make off their software. The team who is paid to work full-time on the software will patch issues faster (theoretically)

            I bet you’ll find something wrong with this, but I don’t care

            • @[email protected]English
              2•3 months ago

              There’s nothing wrong with what you’re saying, I’m not challenging the point you’re making here.

              I’m challenging your ability to mind-read and ascribe that point to a different commenter.