I've always felt guilty by taking for granted the rare breed of virtuous humans that provide free excellent software without relying on advertising. Let's change that and pay, how much would I “lose” anyway?

I’ve always felt guilty by taking for granted the rare breed of virtuous humans that provide free excellent software without relying on advertising. Let’s change that and pay, how much would I “lose” anyway?

  • Infiltrated_ad8271
    7•5 months ago

    It’s quite sad to see reasonably popular apps with virtually no funding. I feel like highlighting the case of rssguard, probably one of the most popular apps in its category, with patreon, liberapay, and offering to prioritize bugs and suggestions from donors… barely 5€ per month.

    Oh, I almost forgot, in these topics there should be a mandatory mention of core-js case.

    • CynicusRexOP
      0•5 months ago

      The article does indirectly mention core-js within source “31. b. Explain xkcd: 2347: Dependency.”
      But yeah, the status-quo is quite sad indeed.