I have no opinion and am just seeking clarification as an admin who occasionally gets complaints that I’m unsure how to address.
Thanks!
cc: @TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml (the most active !privacy@lemmy.ml mod)
Edit to add an example edge case: DuckDuckGo is proprietary, but is anyone going to argue against its promotion? Isn’t Proton Mail similarly only FOSS on the client side?
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Proprietary software = software thats not open source
yes its still followed
yes its still relevant
if the software is closed source then you dont know if it respects your privacy or not, and 99% of the time it doesnt
Ddg wouldn’t be all proprietary then? https://github.com/duckduckgo/
almost every proprietary thing, including windows and macos, has some open source components.
Yes, if your talking about non free JavaScript
And even if it does, the policy can change in the future and nobody will be able to fork and save it
See: Unraid