Not hating on open source, just let people use what fits their expectations and needs and stop deterring them with gatekeeping :P
UX = user experience
this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2023
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So he should start working for free? Or just retire and not create an app that many people enjoy?
That's our bar here? That someone who has put in years and years of hard Dev effort, every day, built up a community, took risks, etc, should just be happy he has food on the table?
Fuck that noise. I don't care if he's already s multi millionaire, he can charge whatever he wants, and we can choose to pay it or not. The man is running a business model here. He's not done weekend warrior FOSS hacker. He deserves to be paid for his efforts.
It's hilarious seeing people posting this drivel on Lemmy, where the devs are the "weekend warrior FOSS hackers" you proudly belittle.
The Lemmy devs accept donations in lieu of being greedy cunts. If you find it impossible to comprehend how that's morally superior, you are the problem and should go back to Reddit.
People can spend money on both, you know. There's no hard rule that they have to be mutually exclusive.
Neither. I didn't say anything. But since you challenge me to say something, I'd say since he's very likely financially very secure, he could look for ways to monetize that do not mine user data.