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Re:The tech utopia fantasy is over by johnnyanmac on Saturday November 23, 2024 @04:04PM (#42223875)
well, we're not in the best economy to just "make stuff for fun and share free information". One thing we forget is that such a position is a privilege in and of itself. Either for the young who have guardians to provide for them, the well off who don't need to worry about next months' rent, or the obsessive who give everything in their life as their own.

My GitHub is very rusty, but I'm delaying Open source plans until I have a fully time job. It's just not worth it for me otherwise to try and be this FOSS advocate while I can't keep things stable in my own backyard.

Re:The tech utopia fantasy is over by account42 on Monday November 25, 2024 @05:15AM (#42234874)
The ability to have hobbies is available to pretty much everyone. Sure, "privilege" buys you more time for hobbies but everyone has some time to do with as they choose. Most use it to wath TV or other similar passive consumption.