• Live Your Lives@lemmy.world
        2·
        13 hours ago

        An Internet meme, or meme (/miːm/, “MEEM”), is a cultural item (such as an idea, behavior, or style) that spreads across the Internet, primarily through social media platforms like YouTube, Twitter, and Reddit. Internet memes manifest in a variety of formats, including images, videos, GIFs, and other viral content. Key characteristics of memes include their tendency to be parodied, their use of intertextuality, their viral dissemination, and their continual evolution.

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme

        In conclusion, it is a meme, but it’s debatable how much of a meme it actually is.

  • nehal3m@sh.itjust.works
    11·
    4 days ago

    Eh. One thing proprietary software has going for it is clear design goals and the leadership to create a cohesive UX. Open source projects tend to be a grab bag of tools that work well for developers.

    Not saying I don’t love FOSS, but there’s definitely stuff that proprietary software does better in a practical sense, whatever else your opinion of it.

    • KomfortablesKissen@discuss.tchncs.de
      1·
      4 days ago

      That is not a feature of proprietary software. That is a feature of an organisation. It only makes sense to make software for a profit in an organisation, so that’s why there’s so many of those. FOSS also has a lot of organisations, which are also pretty often used btw, but they are not required.

      Not having to rely on an approval by any entity is a big thing for people fucking around with stuff. And fucking around with stuff makes one good at that stuff.

    • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
      1·
      4 days ago

      There’s a very good reasons why people and organisations will pay for proprietary software when there is a free alternative available. I’ve used FOSS word processors before, for example, and they’re okay, but nothing like what Microsoft Office can do. Same with video editing.

      • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
        11·
        4 days ago

        Counterpoint - if everything was FOSS it would be absolute chaos with no direction, conflicting goals, incomplete projects, and limited oversight… and also lots of inter-dev-team drama and forking.

        For instance…

        source

        • index@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          4 days ago

          it would be absolute chaos with no direction, conflicting goals, incomplete projects, and limited oversight

          You are describing the current scenario where everything is proprietary