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  • atempuser23@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Buy Once SoftwareEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    Foss lives and thrives on passion and unpaid contributions. That can be fine but it’s also necessary to actually purchase software so that individuals or small groups can get paid.

    How do I even compensate the random programmer who spend 30 hours fixing a bug on a foss project I use?

    Especially when in the context of this post which is about software you can buy to own there should be some willingness to spend money on software.

  • atempuser23@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Buy Once SoftwareEnglish
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    9 hours ago

    The idea that software developers should work only for ‘tips’ makes it basically impossible to be an independent developer and be a responsible adult.

    You either become a ‘big boy’ and work for an established software house or make games where people don’t have such a stigma to pay small developers for their talent and effort.

    Workers should be compensated for their work. That means sometimes paying for software.