Open source product is a marketing tool
vitonsky.net
Big tech companies invest a lot of effort to sell us the point that every good programmer must have their own open source project. Many programmers have open source side projects, but quite few of them can explain why they waste their time on it. As a result, they work for free, to make big tech rich. Actually, open source can't make money for programmers, but may be useful as a promotion tool for them.
  • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    10 hours ago

    Author admits they don’t ask for donations and then use the lack of donation as evidence for their arguments. Amazing logic there.

    Also whatever the fuck this is

    By the way, next time you see a request for donations at any project, think about the reasoning in the head of the product owner.

    Some of us ask for donations because we know people don’t actually think about it. Fuck you for implying we’re closer to being sellouts than you are.

    This blog gives me right-libertarian vibes with its promotion of “open - core” shite and how focused it is on money.