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Why you shouldn't use Brave Browser (www.spacebar.news)
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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most people who use FOSS are not qualified to check source code for ill-intent (like me) and rely on people smarter than them (and me) to review the code and find any problems. FOSS isn't automatically private, safe, and having good intentions, but if it isn't, at least the code is transparent and the review process is open for all. Commercial software has no review, and zero transparency.

[–] Freesoftwareenjoyer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True, but Libre software can be commercial. So you should instead say that the proprietary or non-libre software has no transparency.