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  • You end your comment by saying…

    “Which makes one wonder why CalyxOS, with an entire team behind it, doesn’t follow the same example”

    When you already answered your question in the beginning…

    “To understand the purpose of CalyxOS, you must understand the purpose of the project, of course”

    If you compare CalyxOS to DivestOS or GrapheneOS, then you’ve missed the point of CalyxOS, “the purpose of the project”. They are intended for different people, though there is some overlap. CalyxOS respects FOSS much more than does GrapheneOS, and to me that’s a very valuable thing. They tighten privacy, but are not as focused on security alterations beyond stock android, beyond making it less leaky when it comes to personal data, which in its own way is a reinforcement of security.

    Also, DivestOS has “divested” itself of participation in the privacy/security game and stopped all development. It’s sad, but I’m happy that the developer is getting to live his life to a fuller degree now. He contributed a lot of value to the open source world in the past.



  • Development is pretty rapid too. I didn’t track the features on the updates, but new versions were getting pushed regularly. No mobile app which was kind of a bummer, but the progressive web app integration was pretty good. It felt like a mobile app.

    Edit: I forgot to mention the note sharing function, it shares a URL of the note that allows the recipient to view and edit the note through the URL. It was a little janky when compared with sharing a note between two users using themselves app, but it still worked pretty decently.






  • I’ve basically agreed with you this whole time, see my initial comment regarding the difference between the previous comtribution model and the new request for purchase:

    Yeah, functionally it’s the same.

    However we’re drawing different conclusions about the situation. You say it’s misleading and morally wrong to refer to “buying” this software, I say it isn’t and that it’s actually a helpful perceptual change in fostering support from their users.

    I don’t really think there’s anything else to say beyond that. If you don’t like how Immich is handling their software, don’t use it.



  • The technicality of usage rights is irrelevant, the developer is asking you to pay a set price that they’ve set as the total they would like to be reimbursed for providing the development service. That’s not a contribution, that’s a purchase. They’re generous people though, so they won’t restrict your use of the software if you choose not to pay.

    Maybe you make donations to FOSS developers regularly. Unfortunately, I did not in the past. While I always intended to, it just slipped through the cracks. After running in to FUTO and the software they sponsor, I’ve been motivated to donate to or purchase much of the free software I’m using, and it’s entirely because of the way they approach their relationship with the user.

    If you feel like that’s a dark pattern, or that your payment would only be purchasing an empty NFT, then I guess that’s your choice. But purchasing FOSS applications provides an incredibly important line of support to developers who stem the tide of surveillance capitalism and the digital abuse that big tech has filled our world with. Call it a donation, contribution or purchase price. In any case you are exchanging value for something that has made your life better and supporting the person who made that possible.

    Maybe it would help to view the cost of Immich as purchasing a ethics NFT. Sure, you have no observable difference in the material world, but you as a person have affirmed your ethical values through reciprocal action with someone who shares those values 😉