What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts?

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What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts? - Lemmy.World

Some FOSS programs, due to being mantained by hobbyists vs a massive megacorporation with millions in funding, don’t have as many features and aren’t as polished as their proprietary counterparts. However, there are some FOSS programs that simply have more functionality and QoL features compared to proprietary offerings. What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their non-FOSS alternatives? Maybe we can discover useful new programs together :D I’ll start, I think Joplin is a great note-taking app that works offline + can sync between desktop and mobile really well. Also, working with Markdown is really nice compared with rich text editors that only work with the specific program that supports it. Joplin even has a bunch of plugins to extend functionality! Notion, Evernote, Google Keep, etc. either don’t have desktop apps, doesn’t work offline, does not support Markdown, or a combination of those three. What are some other really nice FOSS programs?

These comments are like a treasure trove.

I didn’t see anyone mention Kodi as an alternative to smart TVs. It’s better in every way than the Apple TV I won from a raffle at work. The best part is that my TV box is just a computer so I can use it to host other services too

Official Kodi Wiki

kodi looks cool
It’s been around for like ever. Used to be called XMBC
Yeah, I remember using it on an actual original Xbox.