Mine is named "Corpo spam and slop"

No. They should not be allowed, especially the closed source, non-FOSS ones. It'd be one thing to have a FOSS application that has a premium option (such as Frigate), but if it's closed source and you have to pay, they shouldn't be in the self hosting community.

They did think about that, apparently you did not. Did you not see that they specifically said "brand new" accounts? Or are you talking about the most recent OP that posted an ad to beta test closed source software?

Lmao, the OP you're talking about literally said that "It's a paid closed source app". Why are you not mentioning that little tidbid?

Yes, but all of your comments seem to miss the fact that this post is talking about paid software. Which is what the OP you're talking about and defending did. You also said "they aren't charging you", which might be true for now, but they will make money off of beta tester's free labor.

Every comment you make makes me more and more convinced that you've created a throwaway account to advertise your own paid products here.

This OP's contribution to the community was trying to extract free labor for a soon to be paid product.

I'm aware, and don't think that ads to provide free labor for a paid product belong here. That's been my entire argument the entire time.

I hate this.

The question isn't "did OP act in good faith".

I do consider it an ad to recruit people to do beta testing for a paid product. I don't want to see ads in my feed. If I wanted that, I'd go to reddit. Maybe they should post there instead, where ads are overwhelming and users don't give a shit about being advertised to constantly.

That's not the question that was asked.

The question is if brand new accounts should be able to shill their PAID closed source products without otherwise contributing to the community. They should not be able to do so.

This logic is not great. I'd rather have something mostly open source (where I can check what blobs it's actually using) rather than something completely closed where I have no idea what's under the hood. It's not about concessions, it's about being able to tell what the hell software is actually doing.

I'm very aware that you don't consider it an ad, but it's an ad in my eyes. It's literally a call to action to recruit people to improve their paid application in order to extract money from users in the future.

Apparently, some of us are okay making 100% concessions and not giving a shit at all.

I don't smoke with people who like ads shoved down their throats. It's a personal thing.

Did I say you did so on this account?

Your long reply and bullshit about "bellyaching" isn't helping me think otherwise.

It's not trolling at all

Agreed. Fuck Broadcom.

But I sure hope the "unnamed" virtualization software that they're migrating to is FOSS, otherwise they're going to inevitably run into this problem again.

It does not require steam

Rich people will move rather than pay their fair share of tax.

This so far has not been true, at least not in NY or WA. Rich people also want to be around actual services and amenities, something not generally found outside of cities. They'll totally claim that they'll leave, yes. Yet, they haven't fled from NY..