Software is made by people (good software, not slop) which deserve a living too.
And yet (very nearly) all the software on my PC is completely free.
I don’t care who does and doesn’t “deserve a living” – I just find it very stupid to pay for something you don’t technically own … and which, in many cases, can be arbitrarily taken away from you at any time, with no refund.
I guess I don’t mind the business model, but if I am going to be leasing something the rates better be comparable. In other words, if a permanent $80 Eord/Excel/Powerpoint license would have lasted me around 80 months before I started looking for an upgradge or improvement, then a leased version of the same better cost me around $1/month.
Sure, but the people that made that software had to pay electricity bills and capital purchases of computers. The fact that they decided to release that as free (freedom and price) software is a different topic, itself laudable but most times not even altruistic.
And on the “arbitrarily taken away” topic, you seem to be against “services” and not necessarily software (the means to the end).
You’re using something that required someone else’s time and knowledge. You’re talking as if you’re entitled to that without giving anything back in any way, shape of form. You’re not, and quite honestly, you sound like a dick.
There is no obligation for anyone to pay for FOSS. The devs knowingly give their time in anticipation of nothing. Shaming someone for using it as per the license is ludicrous. Support if you want, but don’t cry foul when the license is used as stipulated.
If everyone did the same thing, free open source software wouldn’t exist. If you can’t pay, you don’t need to. But if you can donate, you should. Acting like an entitled brat makes 0 sense here. The devs don’t owe you anything, amd you’re talking as if it was their duty to give you free software.
You sound like the annoying douche that opens a github issue and demands it to be fixed asap.
If everyone did the same thing, free open source software wouldn’t exist.
Yes it would. Just maybe not developed as fast or as comprehensive.
Lots of open source developers out there work completely for free, never seeing a single red cent for their efforts.
Heck, I – just barely, technically – am one of them. I’ve made a couple PRs to fix issues in open source software. I never got paid for it. And I’m okay with that. If you’re using some of the software I (very slightly) helped with and you didn’t pay for it … good for you! I hope you enjoy my bugfixes!
And yet (very nearly) all the software on my PC is completely free.
I don’t care who does and doesn’t “deserve a living” – I just find it very stupid to pay for something you don’t technically own … and which, in many cases, can be arbitrarily taken away from you at any time, with no refund.
Software shouldn’t be a fucking subscription for every damned thing.
That’s beyond ridiculous. Sell the fucking ware the way it is. Not every damned product needs live-service.
I guess I don’t mind the business model, but if I am going to be leasing something the rates better be comparable. In other words, if a permanent $80 Eord/Excel/Powerpoint license would have lasted me around 80 months before I started looking for an upgradge or improvement, then a leased version of the same better cost me around $1/month.
Sure, but the people that made that software had to pay electricity bills and capital purchases of computers. The fact that they decided to release that as free (freedom and price) software is a different topic, itself laudable but most times not even altruistic.
And on the “arbitrarily taken away” topic, you seem to be against “services” and not necessarily software (the means to the end).
The fact that you didn’t donate any money or paid the devs doesn’t mean everyone else did the same.
Let me reiterate: I don’t give the slightest fraction of a fuck whether the devs were paid or not, nor about who did or didn’t pay them.
I’m not paying money for shit I don’t own. Especially not if it can be taken away from me at any time by the asshats who ‘sold’ it to me. That’s it.
You’re using something that required someone else’s time and knowledge. You’re talking as if you’re entitled to that without giving anything back in any way, shape of form. You’re not, and quite honestly, you sound like a dick.
There is no obligation for anyone to pay for FOSS. The devs knowingly give their time in anticipation of nothing. Shaming someone for using it as per the license is ludicrous. Support if you want, but don’t cry foul when the license is used as stipulated.
Is that why they almost always have a donations link? Also, I’m not “shaming” them for not paying. I’m shaming them for acting like an entitled prick.
How dare I take something that somebody freely offered!
If everyone did the same thing, free open source software wouldn’t exist. If you can’t pay, you don’t need to. But if you can donate, you should. Acting like an entitled brat makes 0 sense here. The devs don’t owe you anything, amd you’re talking as if it was their duty to give you free software.
You sound like the annoying douche that opens a github issue and demands it to be fixed asap.
Yes it would. Just maybe not developed as fast or as comprehensive.
Lots of open source developers out there work completely for free, never seeing a single red cent for their efforts.
Heck, I – just barely, technically – am one of them. I’ve made a couple PRs to fix issues in open source software. I never got paid for it. And I’m okay with that. If you’re using some of the software I (very slightly) helped with and you didn’t pay for it … good for you! I hope you enjoy my bugfixes!
You’re literally disproving your own point.
You’re part of the reason foss software exists because “paying” for it has many forms. Collaborating is one of them.