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1. Woozle Hypertwin (woozle@toot.cat)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Dec-2021 18:56:31 UTC Woozle Hypertwin

   Hot takes:

   • Proprietary software is theft.
   • Profit is theft.*

   * this may by now be a lukewarm take

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   • Woozle Hypertwin (woozle@toot.cat)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Dec-2021 18:56:45 UTC Woozle Hypertwin

     in reply to

     • Brandon Hartshorn

     @bhart It's been justified on the grounds of compensating for "investor risk" since the beginning of capitalism, as I understand it -- but that justification itself rests on a bunch of other assumptions that are highly questionable.

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   • Brandon Hartshorn (bhart@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Dec-2021 18:56:49 UTC Brandon Hartshorn

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     @woozle
     > Profit is theft.

     Woah 🤯

     Hadn't thought if it that way before...

   • Woozle Hypertwin (woozle@toot.cat)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Dec-2021 22:09:24 UTC Woozle Hypertwin

     in reply to

     • lime with barcode

     @scanlime ...okay, I'll need some dots connected on that one.

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   • lime with barcode (scanlime@misc.name)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Dec-2021 22:09:27 UTC lime with barcode

     in reply to

     @woozle all software is theft