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Open source isn't free: you pay in time but earn ownership of your creative future.

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Beyond Free: The Value Proposition of Open Source for Creatives

FOSS is free as in cost, but not free as in effort. The loss of convenience is real, especially at the start.
Theena Kumaragurunathan (It's FOSS News)
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thank you for this great article, I would never have thought about using emacs or vim for writing. I've been using notesnook but I'm gonna give it a try
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I agree with the general idea, but the article contains some inaccuracies. FOSS means free as in libre, but it doesn't necessarily mean free as in beer.

Take RCU (davisr.me/projects/rcu/) for example. It's free thanks to its AGPL license, but you need to pay to get it. And when you pay, you get one year of updates. Then, you need to pay again if you want more recent versions.


reMarkable Connection Utility (RCU)

All-in-one management software for reMarkable e-paper tablets. With RCU, you actually own your data. It works locally, offline, without clouds or middlemen. Install templates, take screenshots, manage notebooks, backups, and more.
www.davisr.me

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