• DBGamer@lemmy.ml
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      3 years ago

      Doesn’t matter it’s still a product at the end of the day. Just because it doesn’t costs anything doesn’t means you shouldn’t get much/anything in return beyond the software.

      Additionally think of it as a developer, don’t you want to keep the lights on? Food on the table and etc? Well how you gonna dope the donations? By becoming committed to your “consumers” and having them return the favors.

      You know what they says, what goes around comes back around. :)

      • federico3@lemmy.ml
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        3 years ago

        product

        “something (such as a service) that is marketed or sold as a commodity” (Merriam Webster)

        “object or system made available for consumer use; it is anything that can be offered to a market to satisfy the desire or need of a customer” (Wikipedia)

        In short: paid software is a product. A volunteering effort is not a product, it’s a gift.

        Complaining about a gift not being good enough is quite entitled.

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        3 years ago

        The vast majority of open-source devs don’t get donations or paid for it. We keep the lights on by having a day job, with the open-source work being only a hobby…