As a general rule, I will never click a link unless it clearly states where it’s taking me. Except I needed to see what the error meant, so I clicked open on it. Yay interstitial ads! 😠

  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.orgEnglish
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    23 days ago

    If a for-profit org gives something out for free, even if its OSS, you are likely contributing to their profits in different ways.

    • Iced Raktajino@startrek.websiteOPEnglish
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      23 days ago

      That’s not wrong, but in this case, PlatformIO isn’t showing these ads, bit [dot] ly is. AFAIK, only bitly gets the ad money.

          • A_norny_mousse@feddit.orgEnglish
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            23 days ago

            bit(dot)ly is just a link shortener; my guess is that the promised documentation is indeed behind it.

            But - and I’m just spitballing here - by going through a third party, they can collect precious user data for which they probably have a contract with MS, which brings me back to my original comment.