You have to choose between either destroying all free software

destroy the free software, literally nothing would change

>>59781974
This, proprietary software is of higher quality and standards because money is a great motivator.

>>59781201
>What do you choose and why?
Why not both? And hardware too, with all their blueprints, documentation and production pipelines.
>What will the consequences of your choice be?
Watch as grandpa topples the gubberment by changing an 1 to a 0.

>>59781996
You wish.

>>59781996
Free doesn't mean gratis, idiot.
Just look at RedHat.

>>59781974
less and garbager software as tools to made them are too few and expesnive, no usenet, vastly less websites if any at all and email usage, no irc, no torrents, no cheap smartphones and expensive ones will run shitty iOS and Win Mobi ...

>>59781974
Except there would be no internet to shitpost on.

>>59781974
>>59781996
>t. retard

>>59781974
most of the internet would stop working

>>59781974
this because we may legally recreate all of the free software without violating any licenses

why the fuck is tux rolling penguin skin up his arm to reveal human skin?

>>59781201
Software was a mistake. Its nothing but trash.

>>59782062
Nice reference

>>59781201
Destroy proprietary software. A lot of good shit would disappear, but you'd still have a strong base that's open for everyone to build upon.
Destroying all free software would mean that anyone that doesn't own rights to something would have to start from zero.

>>59786126
Because there's actual humanity behind FLOSS software, unlike proprietary.

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>>59787523
huh

destroy all proprietary software
nothing of knowledge would be lost.

if all free software was destroyed we'd lose decades of knowledge and progression.

most programs would be easily rebuilt either proprietary or non.. but only in the case that freesoftware is still alive and the knowledge+progression gained is still there

>>59781201
Destroy proprietary
We would have guided St. Sophia home by now

>>59782257
>needing to scam support
The problem the freetard philosophy leaves is the same one the pharmaceutical industry has. You don't have an incentive to cure the patient, only manage their symptoms. You can't extract any money from perfect software, so you have to make it full of problems in order to then sell the solution.
With proprietary software, the better it is, the more it's worth.

>>59786126
You don't know penguins have feathers?
Freetards, people.

>>59787574
Free software is free because there's nothing of value in it.

>>59787677
Still, feathers don't roll up like sleeves

>>59787659
>money
Yeah that whole concept is/was flawed
Even jebus knew it
But then the church came

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>>59787735
They do come off though.

>>59787770
looks cold

>>59787701
the only genre of proprietary software that's better than free software is in media, photoshop, adobe, video editing (not rendering) and that's it

>>59787659
>le support meem
Self-support is free only if your hourly rate is zero

>>59787852
Also fucking legacy systems, Timmy

>>59787893
That's the other side of free software. "If you don't like it, just fork it!"
Proprietary software is looking out for the consumer. The support is built-in.

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Free software, it'll be a high price to pay but archfags will get their day of rope

>>59787938
>Proprietary software is looking out for the consumer. The support is built-in.
Not at all. Just like free software vendors exist with excellent support, proprietary vendors exist who give the customer a nice bit cup of Go Fuck Yourself with a Rusty Chainsaw (tm)

>>59788048
This
Customer support:
>Oh so your problem is you bought a license for a product you can't use because we pushed an upgrade and our official sellers told you everything is going to be fine; but computer says no. Yeah that's your problem RTFTERMSOFAGREEMENTANDOURDEVELOPERSBLOG