• peregus@lemmy.world
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      11 hours ago

      I’ve read the first part and it’s all “most often”, “may be”, so, technically, FOSS software is under the freeware umbrella.

      • secret300@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
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        3 hours ago

        Makes sense. In my mind when I think freeware tho I think discord, Spotify, free to use apps that have subscriptions and are proprietary. So I don’t like that GIMP is labeled with those

        • Norah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          It doesn’t even have to be something with subscriptions. Hardware drivers are (usually) freeware too for example. AMD is an unusual exception to that being open source. Then you have IK Multimedia who include a license key for their drivers and charge $50 to transfer it, and won’t even let the new owner of a product pay that if they bought it second-hand. Ask me how I know.

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      16 hours ago

      Yes, but the average person doesn’t give a shit about the technical definition. You know what is meant, don’t be pedantic about it.

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        10 hours ago

        I’d hope that Tom’s Hardware is written by someone more knowledgeable than “the average person”.

        Otherwise it’s as good as dead.

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        11 hours ago

        I absolutely agree with you but lemmy is not for the average person (and apparently doesn’t want to be) :D

        • lka1988
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          11 hours ago

          Go outside and talk to several random people. That’s the average person.

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            9 hours ago

            Lol. How to explain without explaining 101.

            Being average does not mean that there is no room to explain stuff…