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  • 6h0st_in_the_machin3@kbin.social
    1414·
    8 months ago

    Let’s be clear in one thing:

    • There’s no free lunches.

    That’s it. Everything in the Universe, including you, has a “price” on energy. Now outside of all crony-capitalism craziness, we should all consider having a open, distributed, fair price Internet and it’s resources.

    I’m calling Louis.

    • TWeaK@lemm.eeEnglish
      261·
      8 months ago

      Plenty of places provide free lunches. They’re still paid for, but they’re free at the point of service. Eg homeless shelters, Wikipedia.

      • recapitated@lemmy.worldEnglish
        52·
        8 months ago

        Yes but nobody owes you the maintenance of a centralized service.

        If the software and content is open source then the community can choose to take over for an org that doesn’t have the will power to keep a costly free-of-charge service running.

          • recapitated@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            8 months ago

            I hear you. But it takes the will and dedication to do it, so it’s really not a life sentence to offer a proprietary service free of charge. Hopefully the people who need it most can find a better alternative.

          • 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            12·
            8 months ago

            The “free” in FOSS stands for free like freedom, not free like air

            FOSS projects cost time and money. Non-profits still need money. Not sure why everyone thinks everything should be free of monetary charges on the internet.

            Am am not sure what the situation of opensubtitles is. Is it just barely covering costs? Or turning a profit? I have no idea. But i do hate how everyone thinks they’re entitled to free work and free hosting costs of every website on the internet