Fact Checking Common Myths About Open Source Software
Channel: DistroTube
Date: 2022-04-12

In the last couple of weeks, I've been noticing a disturbing amount of comments that are factually incorrect about things that should be easily verifiable with a quick Google search.  Comments like "Chrome is actually open source" and "Google actually owns Odysee."  What?!  

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