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It's definitely nothing against you; indeed, I thank you and everyone like you who makes these tools that make my browsing experience so much better. I assume
by JadeNB 5y ago
It's definitely nothing against you; indeed, I thank you and everyone like you who makes these tools that make my browsing experience so much better.
I assume that everyone who makes useful extensions like this does so out of good will. But I also assume that it is possible for a good person to tire of maintaining a piece of software, and want to pass on control, and to allow themselves to see the upside of an appealing and lucrative offer and believe that the worst won't come. And I can't blame a person who does this—they certainly don't owe me anything.
- waterhouse 5y agoInto this discussion I will drop the following points: 1. The creator of the VLC media player was apparently offered "tens of millions" of euros to insert ads. Thus, if your software is sufficiently widely used, that is the kind of temptation you may eventually face. 2. He said no. So there do exist people who will resist such temptation. Citation: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15372048 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15372048 and the link chain therefrom
- omershapira 5y agoVLC is GPLv2, saying yes would have been a short term annoyance for the community in exchange of him cashing in.