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by johnnyanmac 917 days ago
>You depend on it but so much as clicking in a star button is burdensome? Come on!

I don't. Something I use depends on something depends on something... Depends on it, and I might not even agree with the dependency. I'm not rewarding something because of someone else's decision to use it.

>Then the author's don't want you to use their project, so fork it or move on.

At that point yes, I move on.

>This isn't about you.

Someone requests an action of me and people are confused by my response. So yes, it is about me. I can and do just say "no" and move on, but if people want me to clarify I will.

>You are not part of any of tha

Well they just made me a part of it. Congrats.

>The software is already FOSS, you downvote their post and anything defending them because what?

A lack of a star is not a downvote. And I'm very glad you can't downvote a repo. What a mess that would be. Why are you taking my inaction so personally? Who or what am I downcotijf to begin with?

I seel at this point you're arguing with a very different person than me.

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> I don't. Something I use depends on something depends on something... Depends on it, and I might not even agree with the dependency. I'm not rewarding something because of someone else's decision to use it.

That's your problem, this project is not responsible for your dependency on it with or without your choice!

> Someone requests an action of me and people are confused by my response. So yes, it is about me. I can and do just say "no" and move on, but if people want me to clarify I will.

Ok, so long as we agree it is their right to require arbitrary things as is yours to ditch them.

> Well they just made me a part of it

In the same way every human is a part of it? I don't follow.

> A lack of a star is not a downvote. And I'm very glad you can't downvote a repo.

No kidding. HN'ers are downvoting on the issue if you care to click on the link of the post and see.

I don't care about your inaction, I care about the negative entitled jerk sentiment on this thread!