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by phkahler 1099 days ago
>> There are some core and vital open-source projects that have enormous importance for millions. I think supporting them should be a priority.

I'm going out on a limb here, but what have you done to support them? Apologies if you have, but a lot of people seem to want someone else to support their favorite free thing.
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TheNewsIsHere 1099 days ago
I got tired of being that guy at some point within the past few years and started personally contributing.

I’m not taking any sides here, but GitHub’s sponsor feature makes this _very_ easy to do, and that’s valuable to me.

Edit to add: Agility in contributing money to FOSS projects is not where it could be, and that’s absolutely a place we could do better in to drive more direct funds into the FOSS ecosystem.

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pessimizer 1099 days ago
They're far more likely to have donated than the millions that depend on the software, because this is another developer, so more likely to be empathetic because developers know how unrewarding and important FOSS development can be. That's not a solution, that's the status quo.

Also, it's not helpful to go out of your way this much to disqualify someone from having an opinion. It's essentially an accusation of hypocrisy, made absolutely blindly and randomly at a person you don't know anything about who expressed an opinion you didn't like.

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