• Nora
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    1 year ago

    Donations work. The dev clearly has many loyal fans willing to pay. Look at Jerboa/Lemmy’s donation pages. It’s good money.

    Besides this I’m not even saying the dev shouldn’t do it. I’m just explaining that I don’t like it.

    I gladly donate to FOSS software devs because the product never forces me to log in for a feature or get a key or see an ad. The app doesn’t get any of the bloat required to do that stuff either. I just don’t want to use Sync and it’s not because I’m cheap

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      1 year ago

      It’s good money.

      The Lemmy dev is making around 30k a year. Subtract taxes from that and he’s making maybe 25k (at best).

      They’re very clearly extremely talented software engineers, and you’re telling me $12 an hour is “good money”? That’s not even above minimum wage in many US states! Do you have any idea how much software engineers make?

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        1 year ago

        Doesn’t have to be the only thing you do. Where do you think FOSS software comes from?