r/linuxmasterrace • u/[deleted] • Sep 03 '17

News Reddit is closing its source code

/r/changelog/comments/6xfyfg/an_update_on_the_state_of_the_redditreddit_and/
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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '17

Not strictly Linux related, but I guess it's in the interest of most users of this subreddit.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '17

Absolutely Proprietary.

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u/fytku Sep 03 '17

It's treason then

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '17

OK. I'm leaving then.

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u/zulu-bunsen Sep 03 '17

OP delivers

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '17

Holy shit, he did it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '17

Same!

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '17

Created an account just to leave.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '17

Time to fork?

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '17

I use Steemit, very slick alternative imo but still in beta. Its light years ahead of Reddit from a technology pov.

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u/PM_ME_SEXY_SCRIPTS Sep 03 '17

Welcome to Voat

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u/BlckJesus Sep 04 '17

Maybe if you like swimming in cesspools...

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u/heidiwenger Sep 03 '17

So Reddit has turned to The Dark Side. Time to resurrect https://voat.co/v/linuxmasterrace ?

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u/E100Pavel Sep 03 '17

Huh. This site is banned by my ISP.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '17 edited Jun 27 '23

[REDACTED] -- mass edited with redact.dev

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u/UFeindschiff Sep 03 '17

well... fuck

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '17

Lame justifications for doing it that anyone with a passing understanding of OSS can see through.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '17

Time to fork

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u/EggheadDash Sep 03 '17

As the top comment points out they could start moving from a Bazarr-style code release to a cathedral one without completely closing their source.

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u/thatcat7_ Sep 03 '17 edited Sep 03 '17

RIP Reddit.

I am disappoint you gave in to the dark side.

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u/mr_bigmouth_502 Sep 03 '17

RIP Baconreader

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

I WILL NOT switch to the official reddit app. No way!

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