• helenslunch@feddit.nl
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    11 days ago

    There’s a fundamental problem with FOSS culture that anyone who asks for money is seen negatively. Which I get, but also, I think the other edge of the sword, depending on donations, is worse, because ad-driven and freemium companies like Google and Meta have created a culture of entitlement. Ideally they would set up a 501c3 like Signal or Ghost, but obviously that can be cost and time-prohibitive.

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      10 days ago

      I wish there were more commercial services around Foss. (And I don’t mean proprietary)

      They could do all sorts of things like sell swag and support.

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          10 days ago

          I’m pretty sure that Pop OS isn’t the product but I absolutely see what you are saying. I’m talking about things like commercial support for companies and maybe some sort of user facing service but I’m not sure how that would work.

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            10 days ago

            Yeah that works as well. Matrix is supported that way. As does Rocket Chat and I’m sure plenty of others.

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              10 days ago

              The sad part about Matrix is that it isn’t supported, it is used. I think the blame is about 50/50. Users should donate and the leadership shouldn’t of assumed that companies would give them money.