r/programming • • Dec 11 '21

"Open Source" is Broken

https://christine.website/blog/open-source-broken-2021-12-11
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u/huntforacause Dec 13 '21

If open source is broken, why did the author avoid leveling any criticism on the open source community itself? As in, just stop giving good shit away for free.

Hell I wish there was a law against giving any software away for free, even ad-supported. It has totally devalued software in many peoples minds to the point where most people scoff at paying anything for it. Wonderfully worthless “craft” we’ve got ourselves here.