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> I'd rather the guy who made the original rather than an app cloning team in China or some bay area tech bro My two cents is don't think too hard and just enj

by lhorie 5y ago

> I'd rather the guy who made the original rather than an app cloning team in China or some bay area tech bro My two cents is don't think too hard and just enjoy the game. Let it be. Que sera, sera. Isn't it said in startup circles that ideas are nothing and execution is everything? Isn't it also said elsewhere that money doesn't buy happiness? Someone else's viral fad doesn't need to fit neatly into some preconceived idealistic notion of success. It's literally a viral fad; the whole point is to not fit neatly into predictable molds.

bruce511 5y ago
It's such a Western / Capitalistic thing to do - look at someone else's success and either assume he's being paid the big bucks, or on hearing he isn't start wondering why not. And yet we live in a world where the Linus Tovalds, or John Resig's and literally a million others happily created enormous social value, and got nothing (directly) out of it. (Those who were around in the early days can remember some of the words bandied around to describe Open Source, Communist et al.) >> I'd rather the guy who made the original rather than an app cloning team You don't need to worry about Josh making money or not. He's doing what he wants to do for rewards other than money, and debasing his effort into some sort of money grab is not necessary.
- em500 5y ago
  > And yet we live in a world where the Linus Tovalds, or John Resig's and literally a million others happily created enormous social value, and got nothing (directly) out of it. Linus Torvalds reportedly got $20M stock from the Red Hat IPO (appreciating to >$100M in later years), and receives at least a few million per year from the Linux Foundation. Fully deserved of course, and arguably only a miniscule fraction of his contribution to society. But he is comfortably Ultra High Net Worth category.
  - nottorp 5y ago
    He didn't get that 2 weeks after his OS got viral right? :)
    - skinnymuch 5y ago
      Sure. But you can’t directly compare a complex OS to a simple game. I’ll only go after one issue. 2 weeks compared to the amount of time this game will remain popular likely roughly equals the amount of time it took for Linus to begin lucratively financially benefitting from his open source work that doesn’t have a shelf life of popularity of a season.
- skinnymuch 5y ago
  Saying nothing was gained directly out of their work makes the argument moot. Since they got a lot of financial benefits because of their work. I don’t adhere or enjoy western or capitalist things. So it isn’t just that sort of thing to do. It makes complete sense for hard leftists to want a creator to benefit financially from a viral sensation they created. We are playing the game of the west + capitalism whether we like it or not.

by lhorie 5y ago

bruce511 5y ago

It's such a Western / Capitalistic thing to do - look at someone else's success and either assume he's being paid the big bucks, or on hearing he isn't start wondering why not. And yet we live in a world where the Linus Tovalds, or John Resig's and literally a million others happily created enormous social value, and got nothing (directly) out of it. (Those who were around in the early days can remember some of the words bandied around to describe Open Source, Communist et al.) >> I'd rather the guy who made the original rather than an app cloning team You don't need to worry about Josh making money or not. He's doing what he wants to do for rewards other than money, and debasing his effort into some sort of money grab is not necessary.

em500 5y ago
> And yet we live in a world where the Linus Tovalds, or John Resig's and literally a million others happily created enormous social value, and got nothing (directly) out of it. Linus Torvalds reportedly got $20M stock from the Red Hat IPO (appreciating to >$100M in later years), and receives at least a few million per year from the Linux Foundation. Fully deserved of course, and arguably only a miniscule fraction of his contribution to society. But he is comfortably Ultra High Net Worth category.
- nottorp 5y ago
  He didn't get that 2 weeks after his OS got viral right? :)
  - skinnymuch 5y ago
    Sure. But you can’t directly compare a complex OS to a simple game. I’ll only go after one issue. 2 weeks compared to the amount of time this game will remain popular likely roughly equals the amount of time it took for Linus to begin lucratively financially benefitting from his open source work that doesn’t have a shelf life of popularity of a season.
skinnymuch 5y ago
Saying nothing was gained directly out of their work makes the argument moot. Since they got a lot of financial benefits because of their work. I don’t adhere or enjoy western or capitalist things. So it isn’t just that sort of thing to do. It makes complete sense for hard leftists to want a creator to benefit financially from a viral sensation they created. We are playing the game of the west + capitalism whether we like it or not.