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Yes, how dare they give out their work for free. The audacity of these people!
by baobabKoodaa 3y ago
Yes, how dare they give out their work for free. The audacity of these people!
- carlosjobim 3y agoArchitects get paid for making models, so why is it not fathomable for the poster that they should pay for the textures they use? Or, why do some workers deserve to get paid and others not? Edit: And reading the reply from the architects, you can almost smell the entitlement.
- baobabKoodaa 3y agoI don't get it. How is this any different from programmers who create open source software that they release for free?
- carlosjobim 3y agoThere is no difference. Programmers keep making open source software for free, and people making money on that software keep acting entitled to it.
- lofaszvanitt 3y agoWhat don't you get? DO not work for free, because it kills yout income stream. Open Source is the perfect example. Fuck, and these individuals even have a patreon where a few individuals pay for this. I mean, this is bonkers.
- squigz 3y agoI'm confused. Who do you think is not being paid here?
- baobabKoodaa 3y agoHere's their argument (which I disagree with, but I believe I understand what it is to the extent where I can explain it): 1. Person A starts creating work W and selling it as a profession 2. Person B also starts creating work W and giving it out for free (with some Patreon income, but that is not the point here) 3. Person A can no longer compete with person B, because free is free. Person A is no longer paid
- tolgaarslan 3y agoI also want to add; It's not like selling a physical product. Digital products usually need to be edited to fit your design. Person A still paid because they will always have customers who like their style & creations. We are not creating and sharing "Kitbash or Evermotion" level assets. These works require thousands of work hours and it's impossible to live sharing them free.
- lofaszvanitt 3y agoNope, you are killing an income stream for others. That's what you have to understand, but I think you know it, just want to ruin the ecosystem. FOSS has the same issues, and now you are making sure another area heads there.
- squigz 3y agoCould you elaborate on why you think it's appropriate to dictate what others sell their work for, or whether they sell it at all?
- squigz 3y agoIf that's the case, I guess my confusion comes from how one can assume this position and in the next breath complain about people acting entitled to others' work?
- baobabKoodaa 3y agoWe, who cheer on the people who give out stuff for free, are "entitled" when we think we "deserve" the free stuff? I don't know, man.
- ugh123 3y agoIf someone can create or reproduce the same kind of work that Person A produces, then that work effort (not the work product, the work) holds less value. Person A should do something to add more value. A similar argument can be had for something that can be made cheaper than a more expensive option. If my company makes a widget that takes 100 people to make over the course of a year, and then someone comes along and finds a way to make it at substantially less cost (not labor costs) via technological improvement, then seems like OP would similarly be against this, which doesn't jive with nearly any definition of capitalism.