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My speculative 2c: Maybe from the developer side, it can be seen as something of a luxury - like, how nice that you can afford to spend coding time on projects
by lake_vincent 4y ago
My speculative 2c:
Maybe from the developer side, it can be seen as something of a luxury - like, how nice that you can afford to spend coding time on projects that make no money. If you live in poverty, your time is better spent on jobs that get you income. I'm guessing they are grateful for FOSS being available, and don't have a negative perception of it, but perhaps there is a lot of talent out there who feels unable to spend time contributing to FOSS.
- TheCapeGreek 4y agoI think this applies if we take "low wage countries" as literally paying developers below the poverty line, which I think is far off base. Coders are still paid higher relative to the rest of the country, and certainly above the poverty line for most. Wouldn't make much sense as a career path otherwise considering the time to learn the job enough to do it. Of course I'm generalising, but as someone in the 3rd world I'd only imagine this being different in literal code sweatshops.