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Gun channels have almost all been demonetized. In fact, just about every vertical is "demonetized" in large portions of their content creators. It's almost like youtube is the only one profiting at scale, weird.
YouTube doesn't profit from demonetized channels. Why are these channels entitled to money from people that don't want to give it to them?
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Yep! I had a department head tell me that we shouldn't prioritize a fix for an SQL injection vulnerability (with full schema privileges!) for a critical system because we have a backup service. I then asked if we've tested it - Nope. I then asked if we had documentation on how to do it - Nope. I left that department as soon as I could.
Was there no concern about an attacker being able to -read- the contents, as well?
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>At what point in the process of making software does proprietary software become unethical? The start. >If I open a restaurant and sell food, but don’t publish my recipes, that isn’t unethical? No - this is also unethical. >If I make software, and I choose to offer it for money but not offer the source, what is unethical about my behavior? If software runs on the user's hardware or uses the user's data, I have a rig…
This is an interesting POV I hadn't considered before, thanks for sharing. I will share my own view on the matter. I can see two main reasons for business not distributing source code: The first is to prevent users from using it without paying. If someone acquires a copy of the source code, they can redistribute at will at no cost. For some business models this might be fine, internet services being an example. "Norm…
Looking at the titles of some of the videos, it seemed to be more about how to pirate commercial software than security. I think YouTube probably did the right thing. https://codeofhacking.blogspot.com/2018/01/burp-suite-pro-v1...
Proprietary software is inherently unethical, so I support anyone teaching people how to pirate it. YouTube did the predictable thing, but not the right thing.
If you consider proprietary software to be inherently unethical, how does it follow that pirating it is to be encouraged? Shouldn’t you be against the usage of such software, regardless of how it was obtained?
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Not very wise of you to depend on Discord and Google Sheets instead of more open alternatives when you're organizing a group whose purpose is to literally preserve the victims of corporate censorship.
That's fair. I take automatic backups of the sheet, such that if access to that is eventually lost I can republish via another method. Discord is used for the simple reason that the current goal is to gain as much traction and participation as possible. The Rocketchat server I host, and the IRC channels I could have used would both acted as barriers of entry to a lot of possible participants. Perhaps with time I can…
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This is an interesting POV I hadn't considered before, thanks for sharing. I will share my own view on the matter. I can see two main reasons for business not distributing source code: The first is to prevent users from using it without paying. If someone acquires a copy of the source code, they can redistribute at will at no cost. For some business models this might be fine, internet services being an example. "Norm…
"Comes with source code" != "must be given away for free". You can charge them to download the source code. You can charge them to download pre-compiled executables. Someone else could build it and put it up online, but you'd have the only authoritative source, the first word on updates (including security updates), the only source that they can trust hasn't been manipulated, and the first-mover advantage. And if som…
TBH I'm not very informed in this regard, do you know where can I read more about open source business models?
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YouTube is free to do what they want but sensible actions should be informed by the law. Currently, you can't be charged with anything for describing how to do something. It goes even further: you can sell a kit with instructions on how to make something illegal and this is perfectly fine.
The channel seemed to be offering links to download pirated software too. If this was occurring, YouTube did the right thing. "Burp Suite v1.7.30 Pro Cracked Version Download Details:- Version:- 1.7.30 Pro License Expires:- Dec 2 , 2018 Size:- 26 MB Download links:- https://drive.google.com ..."
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"Comes with source code" != "must be given away for free". You can charge them to download the source code. You can charge them to download pre-compiled executables. Someone else could build it and put it up online, but you'd have the only authoritative source, the first word on updates (including security updates), the only source that they can trust hasn't been manipulated, and the first-mover advantage. And if som…
I think that business model could work well for 1-2 person companies, but how well would it scale? TBH I'm not very informed in this regard, do you know where can I read more about open source business models?
I have no reason to suspect it would not scale up. In fact, the larger the force behind the software, the more difficult it is for a competitor to step in and try to maintain a fork.
>TBH I'm not very informed in this regard, do you know where can I read more about open source business models?
I wrote about this here:
https://drewdevault.com/2020/11/20/A-few-ways-to-make-money-...
I don't address your specific domain - end-user software - but I would just say "try selling it, with the source code".
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Proprietary software is inherently unethical, so I support anyone teaching people how to pirate it. YouTube did the predictable thing, but not the right thing.
> Proprietary software is inherently unethical, so I support anyone teaching people how to pirate it. If you consider proprietary software to be inherently unethical, how does it follow that pirating it is to be encouraged? Shouldn’t you be against the usage of such software, regardless of how it was obtained?
Personally, I don't use nonfree software, pirated or not, but I have no qualms with anyone who does.