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If a dependency is paid and it is bad, then maybe you just aren't paying enough for it.

If my code has a dependency then I want there to be people whose feel it is their job to support it.

Either there have to be enough people who are paid to support it, or there have to be enough people whose self-worth and identity is so wrapped up in the code that they take it as a point of honor to support it.

I don't need a company that's likely to abandon a code product and leave me hanging. I also don't need a free software author who says "bugs are not my problem - you have the source, go fix it yourself." If those are my choices, I'd rather write it myself.

[chii]

> I want there to be people whose feel it is their job to support it.

their "feeling" will not change reality, which might conflict. For example, a specialized database vendor would prefer that you cannot move away, and even if they feel like they want to support you, there are other economic factors to consider which could override this.