[oh_sigh]

Who else should get random bonuses?

How about the hundreds of open source contributors to web browsers? What about the children of the people who clean the offices of the studio that made the game? I bet I could identify about a million people who deserve a bonus here.

[yellowapple]

...yes? They all arguably deserve something.

Hell, we're long overdue for a universal basic income - such that everyone can pursue things for the sake of coolness or intellectual curiosity or whatever if they want to, without needing to worry about making ends meet.

[LinXitoW]

One could argue that the relatively high compensation for programmers is the main reason so much cool opensource stuff could even get started. A universal income for everyone could, hypothetically, put everyone in a similar position of being able to afford to do "productive" hobbies, vs. working a third minimum wage job.

[Sebb767]

Even with UBI, wouldn't the argument that the people involved should get a bonus still exactly be the same?

I'm pretty sure that most developers in western countries have no problem making ends meet and freely pursue things for intellectual curiosity.

[ekianjo]

Ubi Now you are showing your true colors here

[yellowapple]

I haven't exactly been quiet about my Georgist socioeconomic stances :)

[gchamonlive]

It's not a random bonus though. It makes sense in the context of the promotion.

In any case, that is far off the point of my comment, which is explicit in the very first sentence. You tried flipping my argument but destroyed the context in the process.

[throwaway290]

Maybe it's both OK to say things like this to promote the megabusiness...

>Just be sure to order some McDonald’s to support them. Who knows… if we keep eating McDonald’s, they might keep producing these oddball retro gaming related projects.

>I, for one, will NEVER stop eating McDonald’s. You have my word.

...and it's also OK to wonder if that megabusiness could've paid or otherwise credited the small guy. Not that it's obligated to.