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Re:From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server by dmitriid on Sunday November 13, 2022 @08:01AM (#33582642)
Not paying for software all but guarantees that it will be abandoned at one point. People want to eat, after all.

(The dichotomy between "I must earn a gazillion dollars because I'm a senior dev" and "I will not pay money (that pays those salaries) for software" that's so prevalent on HN is mind boggling)

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Re:From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server by colordrops on Sunday November 13, 2022 @02:16PM (#33586364)
Yes Linux and Vim are dead. There are also no other examples of long lived open source projects that are free.
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Re:From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server by dmitriid on Sunday November 13, 2022 @02:36PM (#33586526)
Linux is primarily developed by large corporations.

And there are significantly more projects that have stagnated and disappeared than those that survived.

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Re:From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server by colordrops on Sunday November 13, 2022 @03:55PM (#33587242)
Whether a project is free or not is not the only consideration as to whether I adopt it for my workflow, just a core one.
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