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Not everything needs to be OSS, it is OK for people to charge for software and make a living...

• aloisdg 3y ago
  You can pay for free and open source software. I do it to support FOSS developers and maintainers. software example: Krita https://store.steampowered.com/app/280680/Krita/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/280680/Krita/ source code under GPLv3 https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita game example: Shapez https://store.steampowered.com/app/1318690/shapez/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1318690/shapez/ source code under GPLv3 https://github.com/tobspr-games/shapez.io https://github.com/tobspr-games/shapez.io
  • BadHumans 3y ago
    If people paying for FOSS was the norm, we wouldn't have a post on the FOSS developers not making money on the front page every 2 months. I don't blame people for not going this route.
    • wiseowise 3y ago
      You assume them being commercial would imply their success.
      • BadHumans 3y ago
        No I don't.
    • anacrolix 3y ago
      I wish people would pay for FOSS :'(
• treyd 3y ago
  After being stabbed in the back so many times by non-FOSS software I find it hard to trust companies that promote that kind of dependent relationship. I gladly pay to support free software that I heavily rely on like an Android launcher.
• dartharva 3y ago
  It is not OK to blindly trust a third party with intimate access to your phone interactions in opaque ways. Don't do this.