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A comment on Ask HN: How do developers in low-wage countries view Open Source?.

Re:Ask HN: How do developers in low-wage countries view Open... by oneplane on Saturday October 08, 2022 @04:00PM (#33135510)
> but the availability of open source also reduces the possibility to build and sell own libraries

Perhaps, but so do other paid libraries, so in a way, you're competing all the same but you actually have to be good instead of just existing at a lower price point.

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Re:Ask HN: How do developers in low-wage countries view Open... by paydevs on Sunday October 09, 2022 @01:33AM (#33138509)
But open source libraries have a price point of zero - competing on a lower price would be negative. Other paid libs at least have a price that sustains the developer and/or company behind it.
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