The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software Is Unsustainable

Re:The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software Is Unsus... by zrail on Friday November 17, 2023 @07:34AM (#38302636)

Weird flex but ok. In any area big enough to have a Starbucks in the US you'll find at least one local cafe that has better coffee. You'll also find at least one with much worse coffee that thinks they're better.

As you say, people go to Starbucks and McDonalds for familiar known quality and you should be happy for it. That way the tourists and immigrants stay out of your local cafe.

Edit: to be clear I'm not defending supranational billion dollar corporations here.

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Re:The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software Is Unsus... by creshal on Friday November 17, 2023 @07:39AM (#38302694)

Tourists and immigrants giving their money to an US company that funnels all the money away from the local tax collectors and underpays their workers is still a net negative. All we're left with is their pollution, and no tax revenue to pay for its removal.

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Re:The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software Is Unsus... by sugarpile on Friday November 17, 2023 @08:06AM (#38302936)

Sounds like an issue to take up with your government. Don’t complain that other people spend _their_ money in a way _you_ disagree with.

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Re:The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software Is Unsus... by creshal on Friday November 17, 2023 @08:49AM (#38303494)

"You can't blame us for offering bribes, you can only blame the people who take them" is a weird idea of morality.

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Re:The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software Is Unsus... by joshmanders on Friday November 17, 2023 @10:06AM (#38304543)

I mean you're the one who votes for your officials in your area, so if they're accepting bribes that is kind of on you isn't it?

I as a tourist didn't elect your officials, so it's not on me.

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