• Stoneykins [any]@mander.xyz
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    1 year ago

    It seems unsustainable and mixed up to think no one should ever use non-FOSS options for anything.

    Maybe that would be the case if we were in some post scarcity perfect society where no one needed income, and all devs were just doing it for self-fulfillment, but I can’t blame someone for wanting to make income off of their work. Especially if they seem like a reasonable person, wanting reasonable amounts for good work.

    Isn’t supporting a smaller dev a good thing? I mean, this guy got screwed over by reddit fucking up his income.

    • rob64@startrek.website
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      1 year ago

      Ain’t that the truth. People act like charging for software is evil no matter what. There’s a huge difference between a lone dev trying to earn a living and a huge corporation trying to wring every last ounce of profit out of their users. And there’s probably degrees of nuance between those.

      Especially if they seem like a reasonable person, wanting reasonable amounts for good work.

      And that’s the important context in this discussion. You’ve got a dev who’s active in the community and who builds an app not only with great features and UI but with stability too. And he has a not insignificant user base that is familiar not just with his work but essentially with this exact app… It’s reasonable for him to assume we’ll see the value and be willing to pay. And he is correct.

      I’m personally averse to subscription models, but again context matters. Reasonable rate and you know what you’re getting. And I say this as a huge fan of both FOSS and socialism. I could have easily just let my DNS continue to filter out the ads, but I appreciate quality and believe it should be appropriately compensated.

  • OceanSoap@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    That pill bottle was ripped open and I snorted all that sync as soon as it was refilled.

  • CUFTA22@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    Can yall stop posting about this proprietary shitware app

    this comment was posted from Jerboa, the app where you don’t have to pay 20$ for the privilege of not seeing ads and not being tracked