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We've seen it with social media and content moderation. It's just a little ahead of the game because more people means entities come to the conclusion faster.

by Fordec 4y ago

We've seen it with social media and content moderation. It's just a little ahead of the game because more people means entities come to the conclusion faster. Content hosts have hosting rules. Don't like updated rules? Move to another network or self host. You as a platform user have to weigh the pros and cons that come with that decision. Personally I have stopped contributing to open source due to consumer expectations around free work. My passion projects are now all private and they are all mine or employers who gain from my learnings by paying me. If that's a loss to society, well society can figure out the cost-benefit analysis and get back to me with a better proposal. Side not: upon going down this rabbit hole, I find that Facebook/Zuckerberg is their primary sponsor[0] and the fact that auth is becoming more of a thing leaves me with zero surprise [0] https://pypi.org/sponsors/ https://pypi.org/sponsors/

woodruffw 4y ago
Facebook is not PyPI’s “primary sponsor.” To the extent that any company could legitimately claim that, it would be the one that provides PyPI’s CDN for free. Here is my first-hand account: the money that Facebook donated to PyPI was used to pay me to implement 2FA (and a whole bunch of other things). It wasn’t used for any of the current rollout, to the best of my knowledge.
avgcorrection 4y ago
> Personally I have stopped contributing to open source due to consumer expectations around free work. My passion projects are now all private and they are all mine or employers who gain from my learnings by paying me. If that's a loss to society, well society can figure out the cost-benefit analysis and get back to me with a better proposal. This is a very rational decision. In contrast, I think it is irrational when people keep contributing to OSS while at the same time nurturing resentment towards people who feel entitled to their help, support, or whatever else.

by Fordec 4y ago

woodruffw 4y ago

Facebook is not PyPI’s “primary sponsor.” To the extent that any company could legitimately claim that, it would be the one that provides PyPI’s CDN for free. Here is my first-hand account: the money that Facebook donated to PyPI was used to pay me to implement 2FA (and a whole bunch of other things). It wasn’t used for any of the current rollout, to the best of my knowledge.

avgcorrection 4y ago

> Personally I have stopped contributing to open source due to consumer expectations around free work. My passion projects are now all private and they are all mine or employers who gain from my learnings by paying me. If that's a loss to society, well society can figure out the cost-benefit analysis and get back to me with a better proposal. This is a very rational decision. In contrast, I think it is irrational when people keep contributing to OSS while at the same time nurturing resentment towards people who feel entitled to their help, support, or whatever else.