• Phen@lemmy.eco.br
    182·
    1 year ago

    I make open source software; for several years it was completely foss and it never managed to keep the lights on on its own. When we started adding paid features (still open, but not free), it didn’t go well with the community at all.

    Folks would suggest all sorts of business models which always boiled down to “do make money from it, just not from me”.

  • ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world
    53·
    1 year ago

    Software that will one day stop being supported because people will only use FOSS apps. They won’t contribute in terms of feedback (that helps improve User Experience and as a result improve the use of that app) or in terms of donation.

    They will only use it and roam around with an air of superiority about using FOSS over proprietary.

    This is why FOSS has issues. Gatekeepers who won’t do shit to contribute, but only make fun of and call out people who actually do some shit.

    • krotti@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      “If you don’t work for me for free, I am going to insult you”

      And before anyone even decides to reply to this, donate something to FOSS projects you like, rather than throw anger at me. Every little bit helps

    • MrLuemasG@lemmy.world
      62·
      1 year ago

      Considering most lemmy users were literally the whiniest and most entitled reddit users that got run off the platform, it shouldn’t surprise anybody.

      I say this knowing full well that I am one of that whiny reddit users that came to lemmy

  • ruckblack@sh.itjust.works
    234·
    1 year ago

    Holy shit. I might need to take a week off Lemmy or something. Y’all need to learn more about how software dev works. Insane response.

    • DreamButt@lemmy.worldEnglish
      63·
      1 year ago

      It’s kinda sad honestly. It really shows that people misplace their understanding of who the class war is against

  • justastranger@sh.itjust.works
    1368·
    1 year ago

    Alt: proprietary software devs trying to live off their work as their primary income source while still allowing people to use their product for free

    • eating3645@lemmy.worldEnglish
      526·
      1 year ago

      Get out of here with a level-headed response. We came to rabble.

      Rabble rabble! Something something evil! Rabble!

    • Captain Beyond@linkage.ds8.zone
      92·
      1 year ago

      As an end-user I believe I am entitled to the freedom to use, modify, and share the software I use. If your business model is incompatible with my values I won’t support you, simple as. I don’t have any problem monetarily supporting developers but not if they disagree with my principles.

      I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this exact argument made against ad-blockers, too.

      • Kayn@dormi.zoneEnglish
        15·
        1 year ago

        You do have the freedom to modify the proprietary binary you’re being given. You just can’t distribute your modifications.

          • Kayn@dormi.zoneEnglish
            11·
            1 year ago

            Irrelevant to the point I’m making. Whether something is open source or not does not impact your freedom to modify it, just the freedom to distribute your modifications.

            • stappern@lemmy.one
              2·
              1 year ago

              No it’s not you just don’t understand that withouth collective control you can’t have individual control.

      • scytale@lemmy.worldEnglish
        71·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, I think a lot of the people who are against are the ones who don’t like the ad-removal model, because you are paying to remove ads on an app that uses a platform whose foundation is built against ads and tracking. The subscription model or one-time payment for life is fair IMO; people are free to support the dev (and please support the lemmy devs and instance admins too!). It’s the ads (and tracking that come with it) that’s kinda weird.

  • MooseBoys@lemmy.world
    4·
    1 year ago

    Have you ever looked at linux kernel CLs? Many of the more substantial ones come from someone @intel.com, @microsoft.com, @google.com, etc.

      • Cinnamon3431@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        as someone who regularily donates to the FOSS projects that I use, I can tell you it is not about the money. It’s about the freedom that FOSD brings

  • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
    283·
    1 year ago

    As if the majority of you will ever donate to a FOSS dev. This is one of the reasons I went into open source hardware instead. At least you can’t easily copy a PCB, you have to build your own or buy mine. I’m not a corporation. I’m a dude living in the ghettos of Baltimore trying to do my hustle and live.