Ask HN: Why most people who use open source are so consumerist?

Re:Ask HN: Why most people who use open source are so consum... by shreyshnaccount on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @12:18PM (#31262532)

Because it's a consumerist dream to have a team you don't pay work on a thing you use for free. OSS users are biased towards consumerism. But what is the alternative?

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Re:Ask HN: Why most people who use open source are so consum... by antonreshetov on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @12:25PM (#31262618)

GitHub seems to be going in the direction of solving the problem. Access to the repo only if you're a sponsor. But I think for people to start donating to you, you or your repo has to be known. It's a closed circle...

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Re:Ask HN: Why most people who use open source are so consum... by shreyshnaccount on Friday May 06, 2022 @04:41PM (#31289426)

Thats so against the spirit of OSS while still being technically OSS

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