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[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

or be ready to contribute to the project you use, so they don’t have to sell out to google.

that may happen despite your contributing or not

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

you can also have car accident with or without alcohol, but that doesn't mean that dui is good idea.

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Yes, of course you shouldn't drive under influence. Still, what a bad analogy. Two completely unrelated scenarios.

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 hour ago

your inability to understand it doesn't make it bad analogy. in both cases, one of the outcomes is far more likely. and your argument is as stupid as drunk driver explaining "i can crash sober, so why try"