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How do you, or do you vet if a software will paywall features or "enshittify"? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to c/linux@sh.itjust.works
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Obviously we all want to avoid enshittified (aggressively monetized) software or at least get our money's worth. I'm looking at self-hosting software right now and one I'm looking has a pricing page but only for cloud (no other paywalled features) and is open source. I tried looking up future plans and didn't find much, so it doesn't seem like it will enshittify. (not related) I had thought about switching to Omnivore for a long time but then they merged with ElevenLabs and the rest is history.

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[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You're looking at paying to self-host a cloud?

I'm so confused

Like... you just want to be able to access your server wherever, right?

This seems like a job for SSH...

[–] jrgd@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

A general checklist for flags that software will enshittify:

  • owned by publicly-traded company
  • backed by VC or other expecting sources of funding
  • product is closed-source
  • company tries to circumvent open-source licensing of product (often for financial gain)
  • product has transferred ownership to a different company (through monetary transaction or similar)
  • product incorporates DRM
  • organization that owns the product has a track record for bad behavior

On their own, not all of these flags are excellent indicators. Some are better than others in a vacuum. If you see a product start to check several of these flags, it might be time to jump ship early (to a fork or other competing project).