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Re:Signal is having technical difficulties by easytiger on Friday January 15, 2021 @01:52PM (#25794621)
> I believe that it is time to stop making free products. Developers should unite in this and finally start to value their hard work.

You can't stop someone trying to make a free to use product

Re:Signal is having technical difficulties by tshaddox on Friday January 15, 2021 @01:58PM (#25794701)
Governments probably shouldn't simply ban all free products, but it certainly might be reasonable to ban some economic activities that enable some business models for sustaining free products.
Re:Signal is having technical difficulties by a1369209993 on Friday January 15, 2021 @02:10PM (#25794882)
Cough advertising cough cough.
Re:Signal is having technical difficulties by dt3ft on Friday January 15, 2021 @01:57PM (#25794697)
Of course not, but it wouldn't hurt if we all got better at valuing our work more. Heck, majority of developers I worked with are decent, loving people, who could simply never dare to ask to be compensated for the work they do...