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I hope you have recurring donations setup for all these FOSS apps. FOSS still means that developers need to eat.
by websap 5y ago
I hope you have recurring donations setup for all these FOSS apps. FOSS still means that developers need to eat.
- websap 5y agoIt's unbelievable that I'm getting downvoted for asking people to pay for software on a platform where a large % of users are involved with technology. No wonder opensource based businesses are dissatisfied with how they are treated.
- Throwaway808808 5y agoSeconded. The downvote button is for comments that detract from the conversation, not because somebody disagrees. This place is turning into another Reddit.
- _V_ 5y agoHow does "I hope you at least pay for these apps" adds anything even remotely relevant to the thread about what apps someone uses as part of their de-googled phone? Yeah, developers do need to eat, but this (IMO) snarky comment is hardly relevant to the OP.
- websap 5y agoThe way I read this submission is: 1. Google is tracking you. They track you because they need this data to target better ads, this is how they make money. 2. The OP for this comment, says they use FOSS apps to get around Google’s tracking. My comment is about - if you are against the idea of being tracked from profit, it would be a good idea to vote with your wallet to help open source developers get paid and to show that there is a viable business model for other individual developers.
- krageon 5y agoAt a guess, it may have something to do with how rude the original comment was and how you doubled down on that rudeness with this one. If you toned it down a little and actually spoke to other people as human beings it might help you with this problem.
- zibzab 5y agoI'm going to setup a librapay account exactly for this purpose https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberapay https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberapay