• xep@fedia.io
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    3 months ago

    I think software developers deserve to be paid for their work. What an odd title.

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      3 months ago

      Donate to FOSS developers if you find the software useful, but don’t give a cent to big tech companies.

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        3 months ago

        I had a similar change of heart years ago, watching a docu-series on PBS and realizing I wanted more of that content in the world. Even though you can stream PBS for about $5 a month, I canceled Netflix so I could pay PBS $20 a month to start making up for all the time my money was flowing in the wrong direction.

        We’re likely to get more of the things we invest in, and less of the things we don’t. That investment includes attention in ad-driven market, not only money.

        I know I’m not the first person on lemmy to have this realization, it’s one of the many reasons I like it here.

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        3 months ago

        Currently trying to improve a popular Sphinx extension, sphobjinv. Can watch my daily pain here

        If anyone is so inclined, please throw some litecoin my way

        Li1S1eZzPHBGyc2Lfx93kCohM5qGYGo924

        The litecoin will go towards my daily milk tea habit. Elephants work for peanuts, i work for milk tea.

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      3 months ago

      Software being free and devs getting paid are separate things. Software could be something that just costs money to make but free to use, like country infrastructure.

      If I made a script and you copied it, I didn’t lose anything, the GDP of the entire world just went up cause now you have my tool as well.

      I’m a dev btw