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I’m not interested in any software, open source or otherwise.

I have to use software to do the things I want to do. I pick an option that’s good enough, use it, and go about my day.

Fiddling with and thinking about software isn’t a hobby I want any part of.

It feels like you’re asking why people don’t care about their forks and spoons. It’s the food they care about!

>>paulco+(OP)
There is very little danger of your fork advertising you, or your spoon selling your data to the highest bidder. Using non-free software involves a ton of trust in the companies that produce them. Using free software without auditing it also involves trust, but less (because at least it's possible to audit!)

>>bigfis+bk2
I should add that I don’t care at all about my data being sold (to the highest bidder or otherwise). I also have a personal policy of paying for subscriptions (ad-free when possible) when they’re available.

But if something changes and I have to switch then I have to switch.

Not worth worrying about today!

>>paulco+0q2
Even if you pay for it, there's really nothing stopping closed source software from selling your data. Especially Saas offerings.

>>bigfis+KJ2
Yes and I literally don’t care if they sell my data.

>>paulco+zK2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_to_hide_argument

>>fsflov+0D7
It's not a logical fallacy if I believe it.

>>paulco+PX8
It's not a fallacy. You just don't understand that it's not about you but about the society and democracy.

>>fsflov+FY8
Sorry you must’ve shared the wrong link. The one you did share has this as the first sentence:

> The nothing to hide argument is a logical fallacy

Let me know which link I should be looking at that isn’t a fallacy.