borusa@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 5 months agoWe tested a transport app that cost the public £4m against Google Mapswww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkWe tested a transport app that cost the public £4m against Google Mapswww.bbc.co.ukborusa@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square30linkfedilink
minus-squaremannycalavera@feddit.ukcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoIt’s a transport app. Not the code to the nuclear defences.
minus-squareGargantuan@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agothat’s not my point. it’s the assumption that anything tax payer funded should be open source by default. as a tax payer, I’m not sure I want other countries freeloading on our investments.
minus-squarescratchee@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoI do, when those investments can be copied for free “You wouldn’t steal a car”, but if you could download one from the internet the world would be a better place.
minus-squarezalgotext@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months ago as a tax payer, I’m not sure I want other countries freeloading on our investments. Ugh. Money is a curse
minus-squareVeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months ago“I have helped pay for something good. More people could benefit from it, at no additional cost to me. But I’d rather they not.”
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoSome people can’t help but look at the common human endeavour and think, “this tower is getting too tall, God should punish our teamwork.”
minus-squareVex_Detrause@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoMaybe you should only use it based on how much you paid/contributed. You don’t want to free load off other tax payer’s money
minus-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThen it dies as an investment, relegated to the halls of decay like other closed source apps as soon as it loses relevance
minus-squareMagnum, P.I.@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThank you sir for making this planet a living hell
minus-squarea_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoGreat point. If someone else may derive value from it, then it is a lost cause and no one should have it.
minus-squarezalgotext@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months ago as a tax payer, I’m not sure I want other countries freeloading on our investments. Ugh. Money is a curse
It’s a transport app. Not the code to the nuclear defences.
that’s not my point. it’s the assumption that anything tax payer funded should be open source by default.
as a tax payer, I’m not sure I want other countries freeloading on our investments.
I do, when those investments can be copied for free
“You wouldn’t steal a car”, but if you could download one from the internet the world would be a better place.
Ugh. Money is a curse
“I have helped pay for something good. More people could benefit from it, at no additional cost to me. But I’d rather they not.”
Some people can’t help but look at the common human endeavour and think, “this tower is getting too tall, God should punish our teamwork.”
Maybe you should only use it based on how much you paid/contributed. You don’t want to free load off other tax payer’s money
Then it dies as an investment, relegated to the halls of decay like other closed source apps as soon as it loses relevance
Thank you sir for making this planet a living hell
Great point. If someone else may derive value from it, then it is a lost cause and no one should have it.
Ugh. Money is a curse