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The original was posted on /r/opensource by /u/vvvvvvwwww on 2025-12-26 03:25:55+00:00.
I’ve been contributing to open source projects for years and I’m getting pretty cynical about how corporations actually use them. They open source a tool and call it “community driven” but then completely ignore any feedback unless it matches what they already planned to do anyway. Try suggesting a feature or change and you get hit with “that’s not our vision” which really just means never.
But they have no problem accepting bug fixes and documentation improvements from volunteers. So basically they get free testing and writing while keeping complete control over everything. Saw this recently where a company fired their entire community team but still expects volunteers to help users and write tutorials. All the work with none of the influence on decisions.
If you’re going to open source something just be honest about whether you actually want community input or if it’s just open source in name only.