• @[email protected]
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    02 months ago

    The source code is open and free, ergo people can do what they want.

    You really don’t see the parallels between this statement and “anyone can become a millionaire”?

    Not everyone has the opportunity or the skillset to “do what they want” with the source code. I’m not a coder. How can I do whatever I want? I’m beholden to the structures that other people build.

    • Cowbee [he/him]
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      42 months ago

      You really don’t see the parallels between this statement and “anyone can become a millionaire”?

      There’s a chance you could stumble onto a point if Lemmy was profit-driven.

      Not everyone has the opportunity or the skillset to “do what they want” with the source code. I’m not a coder. How can I do whatever I want? I’m beholden to the structures that other people build.

      You don’t need to be in order to be able to download the source code. Skills are not ownership.