xia@lemmy.sdf.org to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agoOpen source is a fire-hose of value...lemmy.sdf.orgimagemessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1591arrow-down114
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minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoNo one held a gun to their heads and made them write the software nor give it away for free.
minus-squareleisesprecher@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoWell… People are getting harassed a lot for not supporting their software as others think they should. Look at the xz guy, he basically quit because he couldn’t take it anymore. It’s emotional extortion, not a physical gun.
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoSome people’s sense of entitlement is bottomless, despite not being owed a damn thing. They are very silly, and oblivious to it. I just tell them, what do you want for nothing, your money back?
No one held a gun to their heads and made them write the software nor give it away for free.
Well…
People are getting harassed a lot for not supporting their software as others think they should. Look at the xz guy, he basically quit because he couldn’t take it anymore.
It’s emotional extortion, not a physical gun.
Some people’s sense of entitlement is bottomless, despite not being owed a damn thing. They are very silly, and oblivious to it.
I just tell them, what do you want for nothing, your money back?