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I’m genuinely baffled that selling software is controversial. What profession would you recommend we switch to instead of professional software development so w
by wilg 4y ago
I’m genuinely baffled that selling software is controversial. What profession would you recommend we switch to instead of professional software development so we can become amateur software developers and have less time and energy to work on it?
- Remnant44 4y agoIt's particularly surprising in a place where people who create software gather. You'd think we'd all know better...
- version_five 4y agoYour comment is surprising. People who create software are very often interested in open source and free software, and I think it's a relatively common view within the tech community that trying to enforce artificial scarcity is a kind of rent seeking and not a desirable or sustainable business model. I know there is also a "you wouldn't steal a car" crowd that confuses imaginary property with real, but certainly other views are common. I'm basically a die-hard capitalist, I just don't believe in rent seeking.
- wilg 4y agoWhat are you talking about with "rent seeking"? We made software. We offer that software for sale. Why is selling software rent seeking? I love open source too, I just don't think proprietary software is problematic.
- krapp 4y agoWhat's surprising is people pretending to be surprised to find pro-FOSS opinions on a forum called "Hacker News."