DisFeb 28, 2024
An #OSS tool you use in your #homelab has a new update! The release notes talk about new "Enterprise license" and "reorganizing" existing features into free and paid versions. What do you do?

Bonus difficulty: Assume the tool stops working if you try to block spying/telemetry.

#boostswelcome #enshittification #opensourcesoftware #opensource #selfhosting #selfhosted #homelab
Replace it immediately
45.5%
Keep the old version forever
14.3%
Upgrade until it eats a required feature
26%
Fork it and hang on
14.3%
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Show threadAMS
@dis Support upstream fork, also immediately make local patchset to remove telemetry checks and spam their telemetry with garbage data.
Feb 28, 2024 at 4:49pmWeb
Show threadDisFeb 28, 2024
@AMS The problem I have with that branch of answers is the unspoken part: "Take over most of the maintenance and support tasks for free, while allowing them to claim any actual fixes and features for the paid version." I just don't get how so many people seem ok with doing work for a company they hate, for FREE.

As far as telemetry, I should have said "it requires full internet access, so the effort of identifying and blocking spyware without hobbling the tool is very large."
Show threadAMSFeb 28, 2024
@dis Yeah, the company getting free labor still is a huge problem. I have no moral issue with trying to keep local patches to remove license checks and send garbage telemetry though until I find a replacement. That's what they get for pulling that shit.