In general, use free software … If it’s free, you are the product.
Wait, what? 😲
Probably supposed to be something like “If it’s free [and not open source], you are the product.”
I know, it just sounded very funny in the same paragraph.
(And there is a possible overlap, for example Android.)
Android is (partially) open source but it’s not “free as in freedom”, which is a technically narrower thing: https://itsfoss.com/what-is-foss/
I’ve heard this comment as, “if you’re not paying for the product, you are the product.”
Wait, what? 😲
Probably supposed to be something like “If it’s free [and not open source], you are the product.”
I know, it just sounded very funny in the same paragraph.
(And there is a possible overlap, for example Android.)
Android is (partially) open source but it’s not “free as in freedom”, which is a technically narrower thing: https://itsfoss.com/what-is-foss/
I’ve heard this comment as, “if you’re not paying for the product, you are the product.”