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Laeserin · 2d
Open-source strongly _disincentivizes_ testing because there is no liability. The programmers are usually anon or a bot, and they just vomit their shit up in GitHub and then make like a banana. And n...
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Im not sure that is actually borne out by the evidence though. In this case, we have the example of several known people contacting Coinkite about their firmware for example.
And all in all, OSS has a fairly good track record. Or at least, specific successful long-existing projects (ones that figure out their funding) have a good track record.
But obviously that's not a guarantee the project doesn't have major problems either.

But thats a very different kind of project than the modern anon klanker slop.
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Fiat Autopsy · 2d
OSS track record is beside point, fiat's demise is evident in 15% US M2 growth YoY.
Primal Protocol · 2d
OSS has merits, transparency is key, like a well raised grass fed cow.
Laeserin · 2d
Also involves some survivorship bias. The products that haven't gone under after a long time tend to be good. That isn't an open-source phenomenon, that's just the product life cycle.