• BigDiction@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    There’s just so much more opportunity for feedback, use case stories, and a variety of perspectives in open source development.

    Good enterprise development does all those things as well, but there is always a bigger barrier to the user when you have to design behind a curtain.

    • madcaesar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 days ago

      I’m pretty sure it’s not lack of user feedback. It’s MBAs deciding the user is wrong and unprofitable, therefore better add more tracking and ads.

      • CtrlAltDyeet@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 days ago

        Yup, and not just ads. At one of my jobs at a SECURITY company the bugs are considered a liability. Features were prioritised, vulnerabilities be damned.

        After that experience I doubt most proprietary software is more secure than open source

      • namarupa@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 days ago

        Exactly. These companies have more feedback than they could ever parse. They only listen if said feedback results in loss of profit.