borusa@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 month agoWe tested a transport app that cost the public £4m against Google Mapswww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down11
arrow-up170arrow-down1external-linkWe tested a transport app that cost the public £4m against Google Mapswww.bbc.co.ukborusa@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square30linkfedilink
minus-squaremannycalavera@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39arrow-down1·1 month agoIt’s a transport app. Not the code to the nuclear defences.
minus-squareGargantuan@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down27·1 month 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-squarezalgotext@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 month 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-up18·1 month 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-up3·1 month 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-squarescratchee@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 month 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-squareVex_Detrause@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month 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-squareMagnum, P.I.@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoThank you sir for making this planet a living hell
minus-squarezalgotext@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month ago as a tax payer, I’m not sure I want other countries freeloading on our investments. Ugh. Money is a curse
minus-squarea_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoGreat point. If someone else may derive value from it, then it is a lost cause and no one should have it.
minus-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down5·1 month agoThen it dies as an investment, relegated to the halls of decay like other closed source apps as soon as it loses relevance
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.
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.”
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.
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
Thank you sir for making this planet a living hell
Ugh. Money is a curse
Great point. If someone else may derive value from it, then it is a lost cause and no one should have it.
Then it dies as an investment, relegated to the halls of decay like other closed source apps as soon as it loses relevance