I meant buy as in pay for the right to use it. I think you'r interpreting what I said as buying all rights to the software outright or something. Unless you think almost no software is worth it, or you're a billionaire. Just musing after a beer and some Red Vines - I welcome any criticism or kindred spirits. I'd imagine a forked FOSS version of Win2k, VB6, or maybe the late-2000s Google indexer (bit of a stretch) would be quite successful today, for example. The problem mostly stays solved, and anyone can resume the work if they are willing and able. With FOSS, the software never really goes away. If the company goes away or the IP otherwise becomes inactive, that's it. I feel that any problem solved exclusively by proprietary software is only solved temporarily and for a tiny percentage of the world population. My claim is simply that FOSS tools are important as a backstop/foundation. There is a feature count/learning curve price for this, I will readily admit.
Opaque bug submission channels, limited to no access to the engineers building the thing Misfeatures such as nag screens, dark patterns, engagement boosters (time wasters), unclear data collection. Corporate bankruptcy/"amazing journey"/sales/pivots/mergers/etc ruining your investment Forced upgrades breaking workflows or removing features Unexplained bans/AI moderation/guilt by association/becoming subject to laws not relevant to your jurisdiction Effectively forced TOS or pricing changes
Locking you out of creative uses of the software - either our way or the highway Developed-country-centric pricing models/heavy focus on newer hardware. The sword of Damocles that is renting software. I'm not necessarily talking about welcoming communities here - respect can take the form of, say, not engaging in hostilities like: FOSS tools are often worse from a UI/UX perspective, sure, but I contend that they usually provide something consumer commercial tools often don't: respect for users. Amazing, just two days ago I was searching for a polar arrangement tool in Inkscape.
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