> A respectable software provider should warn you about this kind of behaviour at install time, and give you the opportunity to opt out

They honestly only need to disclose. Requiring contribution as part of the social contract is perfectly okay—if someone disagrees, they don’t get to use Gas Town.

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slopinthebag 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

They didn't disclose it though. It's no different from sticking a bitcoin miner in a video game and telling the user "WARNING DANGER CAUTION ;)"

	▲	zhonghuajin 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
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LoganDark 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

If someone disagrees, it takes about 15 minutes to ask an LLM to edit the offending behavior out of the free and open-source software.

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JumpCrisscross 11 hours ago | parent [-]

Sure. Though I’d consider that a dick move if the social contract is to contribute back.

	▲	ohyoutravel 11 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		That’s not the social contract. Otherwise more than 0.05% of people would give back to OSS.
	▲	LoganDark 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Like for like. You can always contribute back with a fork.