In the dispute between 360 and Tencent, as a programmer, would you rather have your project copied by Tencent after achieving some success in the market, or be immediately flagged and blocked by 360 upon release?
Recently, I saw an interesting debate on a forum centered around the current highly publicized dispute between 360 and Tencent.
Party A's viewpoint: A real programmer could never support Tencent. Tencent is just a thief in the IT industry. Programmers can imagine how they'd feel if their future projects were to achieve some success in the market only to be copied by Tencent, which then relies on its large user base to snatch it away. How would you feel if that happened to you?
Party B's viewpoint: Programmers can also imagine the software they develop being immediately flagged and blocked by 360 upon release. Even if it luckily passes through without being blocked, all of its functions are replaced by those of a certain "XX Guardian."