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The original was posted on /r/opensource by /u/jaykayenn on 2024-02-14 06:16:46.

Just came across a social media thread of people piling onto the stance that “If you talk to me about open source, you’re an asshole”.

Personally, I’ve also encountered haters both in professional and personal circles. It’s not that they argue about some particular application or issue, but the very existence of open source is categorically offensive somehow.

An example, when pointed out that almost the entire internet runs on open source: “Open source is for server monkeys. Real people use real software from real corporations”.

How did people get this way? How should we deal with such people? I’m all for simply ignoring the odd individual hater, but increasingly I’m finding such people among socioeconomic decision-makers, and now banding together as social-media trends. I admit the possibility there’s nothing to be done and I just needed to rant. Sorry bout that.