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> It makes sense why there is scarcity; after all, this is work done by volunteers in their “free” time. This is the big fallacity here, although I'm not sure
by zokier 5y ago
> It makes sense why there is scarcity; after all, this is work done by volunteers in their “free” time.
This is the big fallacity here, although I'm not sure why "free" is in (scare) quotes. FOSS isn't necessarily volunteer free-time development; afaik for example vast majority of Linux development is done by salaried engineers as their day-job. That is the way things should be done imho.
- ghoward 5y agoAuthor here. You're right that I should have addressed that point. I used "free" in quotes because it's not free in the sense of "no cost".