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It's Open Source! (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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Not discrediting Open Source Software, but nothing is 100% safe.

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[-] tempest@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

It usually boils down to this, something can be strictly better but not perfect.

The ability to audit the code is usually strictly better than closed source. Though I'm sure an argument could be made about exposing the code base to bad actors I generally think it's a worthy trade off.

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