I am on both sides of this equation: i make open source tools and i consume a much larger amount of open source tools I don't think that developers should be r

I am on both sides of this equation: i make open source tools and i consume a much larger amount of open source tools I don't think that developers should be responsible for supporting open source: the micro-transactions necessary are annoying and the amounts are often too small to matter. Rather money-making companies should consider supporting the open source projects that they rely on. Developers at companies should push their companies to support the projects they are relying on, ideally w/ a recurring subscription of some sort (if that matches the companies revenue model.) Github sponsors, say what one will about it, was a big step forward in reducing the friction here, and I see a lot of people talking about fixing this exact issue[1], how to fund open source. At this point, w/ Github sponsors and a few other options available, I see the technical side as being mostly solved. Now it's a matter of going to the companies and showing them that its in their best interest (and a tax writeoff) to contribute to the projects they rely on. This is a culture change that will involve engineers talking to the non-engineers who hold the purse strings and explaining that, yes, a $20/month payment to an open source project to keep it going makes financial sense, because that project is crucial in keeping our business running and we want the developer to keep working on it. [1] - https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/01/07/open-source-has-a-funding-problem/ https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/01/07/open-source-has-a-fund...