• helenslunch@feddit.nl
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    1 day ago

    There’s a fundamental problem with FOSS culture that anyone who asks for money is seen negatively. Which I get, but also, I think the other edge of the sword, depending on donations, is worse, because ad-driven and freemium companies like Google and Meta have created a culture of entitlement. Ideally they would set up a 501c3 like Signal or Ghost, but obviously that can be cost and time-prohibitive.

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      40 minutes ago

      I wish there were more commercial services around Foss. (And I don’t mean proprietary)

      They could do all sorts of things like sell swag and support.