Strypey<p>OMG! I think I get why some people seem to treat using an app as endorsing the people who made it. Because if it's proprietary, you are!</p><p>To use a proprietary app is to implicitly endorse the vendors, as being trustedworthy enough to run hidden code on other people's devices, and dependable for ongoing maintenance. At least until they sell the app "IP", abandon development, or go out of businesses.</p><p>*But* ...</p><p>(1/?)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/ProprietarySoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProprietarySoftware</span></a></p>