3 ms·
> Wildbit has sold the family business work-for-other-reasons-than-monetary-renumeration trope for a couple of decades. I didn't realize this was a pattern wit
by rapind 4y ago
> Wildbit has sold the family business work-for-other-reasons-than-monetary-renumeration trope for a couple of decades.
I didn't realize this was a pattern with them before now (selling out). I was using Postmark specifically because it was (I thought) a sort of mom and pop type business. There are cheaper and better options, but sending emails was always such a small expense for me that I didn't care.
I don't mean to sound anti-capitalist or anything. I just prefer spending my money on the small guys when possible.
- friendlybanzai 4y agoIt's not a pattern, the original comment is nonsense: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31247296#31250037 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31247296#31250037
- rapind 4y agoUnderstood. I’ll do my own research.
- wahnfrieden 4y agoAre you rethinking that perspective in light of how the valuable distinction might have less to do with big vs small capitalist and more something to do with the workers
- rapind 4y agoMore of a general approach I apply whenever I can. I prefer supporting smaller lifestyle businesses for market diversity. This may or may not be good for employees specifically, it’s more about having a healthy market (by my own narrow definition I suppose). Obviously I don’t assume I’m making a difference :) but it’s kind of like voting. If a good small alternative exists and I can afford it, then that’s what I’ll use.