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xigoi on April 28, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: An OS for people who hate changes?

Because in a perfect world, everything is (by definition) good, and proprietary software is bad.

MichaelZuo on April 28, 2023 [–]

This seems circular, why would proprietary software be 'bad' by default in a perfect world?

xigoi on April 28, 2023 | [–]

Because being unable to see how software you're using is implemented is a bad thing.

MichaelZuo on April 28, 2023 | | [–]

Why must proprietary software be opaque in a perfect world?

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