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[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 67 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

As if the majority of you will ever donate to a FOSS dev. This is one of the reasons I went into open source hardware instead. At least you can't easily copy a PCB, you have to build your own or buy mine. I'm not a corporation. I'm a dude living in the ghettos of Baltimore trying to do my hustle and live.

[–] optissima@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 years ago

As if the majority of you will ever donate to a FOSS dev

[–] THED4NIEL@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

With love from a user of aforementioned minority

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[–] notacat@mander.xyz 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wait is there a market for custom/open-source hardware? If so where?

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Tindie.com is where I'm at. Most products there are open source.

[–] june@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

That’s p interesting and something I could see myself doing.

How’s the revenue steam for you?

[–] TurboDiesel@lemmy.world 58 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The irony of a Marxist-Leninist instance devaluing someone's labor is just chef's kiss

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

It's kinda sad honestly. It really shows that people misplace their understanding of who the class war is against

[–] Designate6361@lemmy.letthewookiee.win 57 points 2 years ago (2 children)

lemmy becoming as whiney and as entitled as reddit users

[–] MrLuemasG@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Considering most lemmy users were literally the whiniest and most entitled reddit users that got run off the platform, it shouldn't surprise anybody.

I say this knowing full well that I am one of that whiny reddit users that came to lemmy

[–] kampang@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

This is why we can't have nice things.

[–] Moohamin12@lemm.ee 50 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Things cost money.

Boo hoo really.

[–] muix 8 points 2 years ago

Free doesn't mean gratis

[–] solidsnake2085@lemmy.world 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sync is the best lemmy app I've used.

[–] botorfj@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

ikr? appreciate that they came to lemmy and gave us a polished experience on android

[–] Laticauda@lemmy.ca 35 points 2 years ago

My God this is the whiniest post I've seen on the topic yet.

[–] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 29 points 2 years ago

I make open source software; for several years it was completely foss and it never managed to keep the lights on on its own. When we started adding paid features (still open, but not free), it didn't go well with the community at all.

Folks would suggest all sorts of business models which always boiled down to "do make money from it, just not from me".

[–] ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Software that will one day stop being supported because people will only use FOSS apps. They won't contribute in terms of feedback (that helps improve User Experience and as a result improve the use of that app) or in terms of donation.

They will only use it and roam around with an air of superiority about using FOSS over proprietary.

This is why FOSS has issues. Gatekeepers who won't do shit to contribute, but only make fun of and call out people who actually do some shit.

[–] nicman24@kbin.social 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago

This is the way. Either by money or other types of contributions.

[–] ArrogantAnalyst@feddit.de 21 points 2 years ago

A bad take if I’ve ever seen one.

[–] Ejh3k@midwest.social 16 points 2 years ago

Fucking cry about it.

[–] aetrix@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

stop crying

[–] pixeltree@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] regular_human@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"i want free shit waaa waaa" is all i see in these self righteous posts

[–] Cinnamon3431@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

as someone who regularily donates to the FOSS projects that I use, I can tell you it is not about the money. It's about the freedom that FOSD brings

[–] player2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You clearly haven't looked at the options and feature set of sync. It would be the muscular bodybuilder in this analogy.

[–] MooseBoys@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Have you ever looked at linux kernel CLs? Many of the more substantial ones come from someone @intel.com, @microsoft.com, @google.com, etc.

[–] UhBell@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago

Holy ratio batman