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We got into a bit of a discussion last time you posted this, but I really don't understand your angle here. Reminding me that these huge corporations are donat
by na85 9y ago
We got into a bit of a discussion last time you posted this, but I really don't understand your angle here.
Reminding me that these huge corporations are donating so little that you still need to ask for donations on HN makes me want to donate less, not more.
I already give Netflix money, and I think Facebook (and thus by extension WhatsApp) are total scum.
Again, why should I give you money so that they can leech off my donation?
Why aren't these companies that allegedly rely so heavily on FreeBSD making you financially stable?
- ianai 9y agoBecause they are scum and don’t contribute.
- na85 9y agoMeh, I think they do in fact contribute. It's just that they don't contribute to an acceptable degree. If FreeBSD is as indispensable to these corps as OP implies, they should be contributing to a level enough to make FreeBSD financially secure. What's scummy about Facebook is the way Zuckerberg pushes the message that privacy is dead while using the money he made selling my privacy to buy all the mansions around his so that he can protect his own privacy. But that's for another thread: I'm interested in why FreeBSD isn't receiving the financial support it seems to require from the corps that are leeching off volunteers to pad their profit margins.
- ianai 9y agoWell. To be sure, it would be awful messaging for the organizations to run that message. If they alienate FB or Netflix then they could lose much more than they realize (as apparently some donations are done anonymously).