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And I'll say it again, the 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 year old girls that you guys were referring to, they knew exactly what they were doing. Chances are they weren't 13. But if they were - they weren't - but if they were, they knew exactly what they were doing. Just like you did everything that you did when you were 15 years old. Underneath the bleachers, at somebody else's house, skipping school in a car. All of those items that you were doing, they're doing the same thing. Don't try to make them victims. Now unless somebody pulled up in a white van with no windows, and threw them in the van with a fucking pillow case over their head, they weren't victims, okay? They went knowing what they were what they were doing. They wanted [rubs fingers], they wanted money. Did they get it? Well then, transaction complete.
-- Iguessimspecial2, TikTok
To say anything other than FOSS on Lemmy is like self immolation.
That said, I'm mixed, always have been. I use what works for me. Generally, now, I will look for FOSS first, resort to paid if necessary. I use and contribute to FOSS but there are certain paid, closed, things that just work better for me. The paying part is a little hit or miss, but there are absolutely a couple of pieces of software that I paid for to get support, or features locked out of the free version. And I don't regret it because I use those features regularly, and I am happy to fund the free version for users who can't afford it - especially since I used the free version for years myself and loved it.
There's a major piece of FOSS that I avoid. It ends up taking over my life trying to get things to work properly and I hate it. It makes me physically uncomfortable thinking about it, and it makes me an outcast here on Lemmy. And I may have to use it again soon and I'm dreading it.