I previously didn’t really care but selfhosting has slowly pushed me to really care about my media and data. Moved to Linux, try to prefer FOSS even if some minor function is lost. But considering when it’s not worth it.
For me, it’s that I have 100% control and the devs respect the consumers enough to show they have nothing to hide.
I hate CSS, my brain just can’t seem to wrap itself around a flexbox
flex-wrap: brain-wrap;
flex-wrap: just-do-what-i-fucking-want-i-swear-to-god;
Honestly, same
I will literally use a software that’s way worse just so I don’t have to worry about my data being sold.
That’s me as well.
I don’t care much about ‘open source’ by itself. That’s just a way to share code and workload between devs. I’m not a dev, I’m barely much of a geek (but I did wrote a few Bash scripts, does that qualify? ;)
I care a lot more about the software being Free/Libre.
I moved to Linux because of the GNU and because of its focus on, well, user freedoms. Also, because I care about privacy and worry to see how quickly it’s being eaten away.
So, I always favor a Libre software over a proprietary one, even if it lacks certain features. But I’m not against using something proprietary when I have to.
I love FOSS because anyone in the world could contribute and make a better software for everyone! only this is the work that could be done worldwide. ( I can’t think of anything else but feel free to tell me if you know)
I prefer FOSS but I will use others if there’s nothing FOSS that fits my needs.
Where the F/OSS stuff is “good enough” I use it. Where it isn’t good enough, I don’t.
This is pretty much how I deal with everything. Ideology in tools is a weird thing to me. Computers are a tool I use to perform the tasks I want to perform. I use what works.
Thus it is that I use Windows 10 (non-F/OSS), LibreOffice at home (F/OSS), a mix of LibreOffice and WPS Office (non-F/OSS) at work, Zen (F/OSS) as my browser except for those extremely rare circumstances where a web site doesn’t work in Zen, Taobao (non-F/OSS) and AliPay (non-F/OSS) for shopping, etc. etc. etc. These are all “good enough” for my needs while keeping my costs down.
Now the recent US trade idiocy is changing some of that calculus and from this point onward I won’t buy commercial software from an American company any longer; I’d rather do without than buy American, so perhaps some ideology gets involved, but that’s a very recent “innovation” for me.
Im like this and I totally drank the foss cool aid after hearing stallman talk. But yeah at the end of the day I do things based on usability. Heck I only recently started using linux and I stuck to windows partially do to keeping myself and my wife on the same thing but windows 11 was just to much. I sorta wish I did it earlier to show her how functional it is sooner.
Foss everything. I’ve spent years making sure I stay private and never see ads, and never pay for convenience. There is a free version of literally everything that people use, it just takes a little bit of effort.
Fediverse for social media, Foss alternatives for professional use, and I hack every device I own.
Me, not a purist, but heavily prefer FOSS. My wife does use a proprietary Linux scanner app but that is it. On Android about 14% of my apps are proprietary.