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Why do you assume Open Source is really any better?

Have you seen the absurd number of 'Go download the latest version of this dep from some 3rd party remote host' steps in the build processes of modern software (oss or not)? Or my favorite 'Just use this image we pushed to dockerhub as your startingpoint for building our software'.

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Because I can at least try to fix it when it fails. I'm not completely helpless. I can't simply have the rug pulled out from under me.

I've had a fair number apps in recent years, particularly those sold in the App Store that had become vital parts of my workflow entirely stop working after OS upgrades, and the author no where to be found.

It's not that it is inherently better, is that a good open source software has fewer chances of becoming an abandonware (and can brought back to life if need be)

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