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Developer criticises closed-source SaaS firms for touting security while relying on open source

Original: Manchmal macht es mich so richtig wütend, wie sich die ganzen closed source Saas damit brüsten, ach so tolle Schutzmaßna

A software developer has voiced frustration that closed-source SaaS companies advertise their own impressive security measures without disclosing how they actually work, while benefiting enormously from high-quality open-source projects they do not contribute back to. The post has resonated with other developers who share concerns about transparency, proprietary security claims, and what they see as one-sided reliance on community-built software.

Why now: It taps into ongoing debates about transparency, trust and free-riding in the open-source software community.

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• Manchmal macht es mich so richtig wütend, wie sich die ganzen closed source Saas damit brüsten, ach so tolle Schutzmaßnahmen zu haben, ohne offenzulegen, wie die genau funktionieren, aber selbst ganz enorm davon profitieren, was # opensource Projekte alles in bester Qualität… · slink@fosstodon.org · 13

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