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Re:Please don't use Discord for FOSS projects by rglullis on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @04:12PM (#29718255)
You only learn about someone's true preferences when they actually put some skin in the game, i.e when they open their wallets.

Someone that says "I would pay if it were not free" is a much weaker signal that says "I paid even knowing I could have it for free"

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Re:Please don't use Discord for FOSS projects by Karunamon on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @07:47PM (#29720296)
If Arch Linux were only available for a price, *with all else being the same*, I'd pay it. Since it's available for free, I pay nothing.

Problem is, there's no way to have a price tag on it and have all else be the same. The reduction in users this would bring would impact many of the reasons I like Arch, not to mention the perverse incentives it creates for the maintainers.

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