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| I wish his point of view had more repercutions in the software industry, and in society in general.
I have to use a bunch of privative programs because in my university they only know how to use those (they became victims of software dependence), and this applies to the industry too, in every job interview you have exams about using some kind of privative software like Matlab or SolidWorks.
| >>385296
Or you can be like my employer and just keep using cracked software but since they use some kind of contracting loophole, they "technically" don't own their computers so the "contractor" who does own them is the one who would have to answer to the BSA if anyone tipped them off.
| But even if you use pirated software you aren't free of the malicious functionalities that the program might hide (I mean, Matlab requires more than 10 GB while Octave uses less than 1, there must be something awful hiding there), in fact pirating software justs exposes your computer to other threats like keyloggers and other spywares.
| >>385561
That doesn't stop this company, but yeah, I totes agree. On the rare case when I have to do work at home, I use whatever FOSS alternative that I can on my own machine.
I really do wish more people & organizations understood the issues presented by closed source stuff
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