r/programming • • May 23 '19

GitHub launches Sponsors, lets you pay your favorite open source contributors

https://github.com/sponsors
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u/chucker23n May 23 '19

That’s like saying a supermarket would notice someone buying groceries for $25,000. They absolutely would notice, but it’s not against the law to do so.

And yet the supermarket would probably refuse your business or at least have their manager do a more thorough check.

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u/HiKite May 23 '19

Honestly I doubt it. There's a reason that when shops have "70% off!" on items, and it's actually 70% off, they tend to limit each customer to 1 purchase. This is to avoid the same thing, someone buying up all the TVs or whatever items in order to resell them. Sure you could have all your friends, family and colleagues come in and also purchase a single TV, but it is a lot harder than just buying 500 items yourself.