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Races to the bottom to … do work exclusively for free and not make any money out of the hopes that they become the most popular OSS toolkit, with an end goal of

• codercowmoo 4mo ago
  bait and switch
  • fragmede 4mo ago
    Xz
• embedding-shape 4mo ago
  > at they become the most popular OSS toolkit, with an end goal of … what? Look at how any "FOSS + VC + for-profit" company in the last 5-10 years worked out, and you'll see the playbook.
• jarym 4mo ago
  End goal of complaining that no one pays for their efforts.
• altairprime 4mo ago
  Validation, often. Stars and installs make self-worth integer go up, etc. Greed, sometimes. Gotta get those usercounts high to get acquihired / to sell out / to flip on the paid subs for formerly free features. I can’t remember the word for “prosocial through lowering cost to zero” is but sometimes that too.
  • simonask 4mo ago
    This works for a while. Then you - the programmer - grow up. Wise customers know this.
    • saulpw 4mo ago
      But a programmer is born every minute.
      • altairprime 4mo ago
        Not so much these days.
  • RetroTechie 4mo ago
    > I can’t remember the word for “prosocial through lowering cost to zero” is but sometimes that too. Wiktionary: Benevolent, altruistic, unselfish, beneficent, philanthropic, selfless
    • altairprime 4mo ago
      Philanthropic! Thanks.
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