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They do it for free. They do whatever they want. If you want more, you can contribute for free (or can't you be bothered to do it?). If you don't like it, don't
by palata 1y ago
They do it for free. They do whatever they want. If you want more, you can contribute for free (or can't you be bothered to do it?). If you don't like it, don't use it.
> Man, nobody at LibriVox can be bothered to
Did you ever bother to provide something useful for free? I mean other than your complaints (in case you consider them useful).
I built a few open source projects. And too many users are like you. They don't contribute shit but they come with their complaints because it's not enough to give it for free, they want it tailored for themselves. Because of users like you, I stopped caring entirely. My new personal projects are not open source, so that I don't get the complaints.
- bookofjoe 1y agoThis x 100.
- hombre_fatal 1y agoI have all sorts of open source projects including services I run as a charity for thousands of users. If I'm going to build something for people to use, then I'm going to also think about consider their user experience. It's the same reason why I polish a README. Why would you drop the ball after all that work?
- palata 1y agoThis is your opinion, and you are free to do whatever the fuck you want, precisely because you do it for free, in your free time. I don't come telling you that your projects suck or that you apparently can't be bothered to mention them on your profile. It has a lot to do with the tone you use. Had you said "It's a great project, I wonder if they thought about adding X", I wouldn't have said anything. But you said "Man, nobody at LibriVox can be bothered to", which is disrespectful. The fact that you don't seem to realise suggests that you are part of those people that make open source toxic (often not in purpose). I have many examples where people came to my open source project and heavily complained because they struggled with something, or pressured me into implementing a feature for them (for free, obviously) or into changing the licence, etc. And when I tell them how toxic their behaviour is, many times they hadn't realise (some apologise, some are jerks). Still their behaviour is toxic. When people do stuff for free, we should at least be respectful.