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That's a good question! However I am not sure what that has to do with what I am saying? People pay for over priced luxury goods all the time. There are psychol
by mbrodersen 5y ago
That's a good question! However I am not sure what that has to do with what I am saying? People pay for over priced luxury goods all the time. There are psychological reasons for that (signaling wealth among other things).
- selfhoster11 5y agoThe point is that sometimes, profit isn't the only priority, so one may choose to pay even if they didn't have to.
- mbrodersen 5y agoMy point is that the evidence is in and clearly companies/people don't do that. And some OSS maintainers then get all upset and throw their toys around because people don't behave as they expect. My answer is: Grow up. Accept the world as it is. And act accordingly.
- dilyevsky 5y agoNot just psychological but convenience, reliability and status all of which can apply to oss consulting/patronage
- cxr 5y agoIf you look at the commenter's other messages, you seem very much to be making their point for them. The thing that they are advocating for is what you seem to be trying to, through snark, give them an education on. No one makes coach tickets available for free and then asks people to pay after the fact. Certainly no one would do that and then complain that the system is broken because nobody is paying. People, on the whole, do not behave in a way that's compatible with that kind of thing, and the expected outcome there matches the outcome that we see today with (un)-sustainable open source.