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The original was posted on /r/opensource by /u/Muse_Hunter_Relma on 2025-09-02 19:00:36+00:00.
I have started to see ads for the Warp Terminal on various open-source projects’ READMEs. I am concerned about the precedent that would send.
Ads do not belong in documentation. This is a slippery slope to more and more intrusive ads in READMEs, or even other documentation such as manpages, in text that should be considered reserved for informational purposes.
I understand that open-source need funding; but exposing critical documentation to be cluttered with ads shifts the balance in favor of companies who have every incentive to make open-source as useless as possible. Warp is the only product I have seen doing this but its only a matter of time before other companies go “it’s free real estate!”
Ads do not belong in READMEs and we should oppose this shift before it gets too large. What do y’all think?