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I never asked anyone to run a business on "hopes, dreams, and aspirations". I'm a paying GitHub customer. They could have raised prices on me and I'd still pa
by ken 8y ago
I never asked anyone to run a business on "hopes, dreams, and aspirations". I'm a paying GitHub customer. They could have raised prices on me and I'd still pay.
People used to say, "If you're not paying, you're the product", so I've been careful not to depend on any free-with-a-catch services. I guess now I have to be extra careful not to depend on any VC-funded services, either, because if I'm not as rich an income stream as the corporate world, I'm still not the real customer.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoI commend you for paying. Seriously. People usually vote with their mouths, not their dollars. With that said, tech capitalism is hard! Even if you pay, as you mention, you might still end up being left in a lurch. I don't know what the solution is unless you build everything yourself, which is untenable, or ensure that providers you use are easy from when necessary.
- ken 8y agoI started paying for GitHub because it offered a service I want, not to support "tech capitalism". I'm still not convinced that capitalism is the right model for software. The GitHub situation is exactly what I'd feared. When private fire departments fail to work well for citizens, we no longer just say "Well, fire department capitalism is hard!" It's the wrong model.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoI don't disagree with your assertion, and am fully supportive of the non-profit utility model for Internet services (and donate to such existing causes accordingly).
- honestoHeminway 8y agoThe solution is open source, and the caravan approach- everything has to be migratable within seconds, the moment the heat comes around the corner. So that if your service dies on you, you basically can re-host losless on your own device within a few minutes.