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Ads and open source. Is it possible to see them together?

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[–] raubarno@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Vim. At launch, it includes an advertisement to help the poor children in Uganda.

[–] lemminer@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Open source software don't appreciate bloatware? I'm not sure why you asked this question.

[–] Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago

He's probably curious about sustainable open source models. I'm curious about it too. How can we avoid another RedHat?

[–] Aux@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Firefox. Every update you see some promotion of some of their services.

[–] Sandbag@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you blame them though, they are the only option to chromeium and they are a corporation that needs money to thrive.

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

Which they could get with no trouble if they wouldnt pay their CEO absurds ammounts. They need to be a cooperative.