I appreciate your perspective!
Comment on Open source maintainers are feeling the squeeze
truthfultemporarily@feddit.org 5 days agoI’m not sure if you’ve ever had a public project, but for most people, be it YouTube, twitch, github, whatever, its not so easy. Negative comments grate on you, and, over time, can really take a toll.
William Osman interviewed a bunch or creators about this: youtu.be/DVCpKfedfok?si=_7Y13T00rfoSQPDN
Its not as easy as to call people out. Some people go great lengths out of spite, doxx you, send you death threats… Is it really worth it? Not that a “fuck off” will work anyway.
You say people will join you but they really don’t. The reality is there are a ton of crucial open source projects being run by one person on the edge of burnout. See curl, xy, etc.
Money absolutely would help and I wish the EU would put additional funding into this.
Telorand@reddthat.com 5 days ago
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Obelix@feddit.org 5 days ago
Not only the EU. Let’s be honest: curl is used at Google, Meta, Apple and every other tech company. There is no reason why the EU should be the only entity funding them. Just funnel some of those tens of billions of revenue every quarter into the software that is essential to run your business.