Comment on Why 'free' proprietary software will always end in tears
Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks agoThat might be the most jaded take on open source I have ever seen. Yes, sometimes open source devs ignore user feedback and it can be frustrating, but it is 100% volunteer work and they don’t have any power over us because no one is forcing you to engage in digital communism by using open source projects. We have to remember that open source devs are building what they need and want and then sharing that with us for free.
I strongly believe that the truly power hungry individuals go into middle management at a for-profit where they have real power over others. There they hold your career in their hands and they know it. They can fire anyone they dislike and they often do. Destroying careers on a whim is infinitely more tyrannical than any open source dev could ever be.
SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 5 weeks ago
Correct, it is jaded. We have watched a lot of devs become worse and worse over time, ignore prefectly goid requests or instead of implimenting an already existing solution to a problem find workaroubd to that problem instead which then go on to not work forever.
So, if open source developers do not want to do the work, which is fair then either we have to create a new movement that is more community driven, or go back to corporations which the latter at least seems like not a great sitaution to be in.