Polar v1.0: Let’s Fix Open Source Funding

Re:Polar v1.0: Let’s Fix Open Source Funding by yoavm on Friday July 14, 2023 @12:52PM (#36726527)

So every time I'm sponsoring someone on Github, Microsoft loses some money? That's even better!

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Re:Polar v1.0: Let’s Fix Open Source Funding by robinhood on Friday July 14, 2023 @01:24PM (#36727049)

I don't get this comment.

I host all my OSS projects on Github so I can have free and unlimited CI. I have access to Github Copilot for free. I use VScode which is arguably a great software all day, every day.

All this because Microsoft has a shit ton of money and they can afford funding the OSS community as a whole.

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Re:Polar v1.0: Let’s Fix Open Source Funding by aragilar on Saturday July 15, 2023 @10:09AM (#36736911)

And you don't think there might be a reason for all that (and that reason might correlate with people being happy to get one over them)?

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Re:Polar v1.0: Let’s Fix Open Source Funding by some_furry on Friday July 14, 2023 @12:57PM (#36726591)

Suddenly I want to support a lot of small projects so they eat more transaction fees.

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Re:Polar v1.0: Let’s Fix Open Source Funding by spacemanspiff01 on Friday July 14, 2023 @01:04PM (#36726709)

Presumably they don't charge credit cards individually...

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