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The benefit of OSS, to me, is that it's not a black box. You see where your data goes, you get it to interact with the rest of your setup the way you want it (automation, backups, notifications, etc).
Closed source software, pirated or not, puts unnecessary limits on what I can do with my devices and my data.
Video games are an exception though, right? FOSS games exist but they're not as good as indie games or good AAA games, the developers aren't too dedicated because there is no direct benefit. Don't get me wrong, almost all FOSS games are great but I don't think they're overwhelming the former any time soon. I also want to talk about operating systems and this is where most people will disagree with me but I believe that a pirated enterprise windows edition (from masgrave) is better than linux gaming-wise. I pirate games and playing pirated games on Linux is a bit harder than playing them normally IMO. This is the main reason I prefer using windows, once again PIRATED LSTC WINDOWS. Privacywise, you can also remove a lot of telemetry on LSTC too.
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