Post #2681021
2022-12-19 23:48 UTC
@benni@social.tchncs.de @jenniferplusplus@tech.lgbt Free software is a huge community in itself, many members of which have day jobs working for large technology companies. I don't think it's fair to compare a well-compensated programmer's hobbies to an artist's primary source of income.
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@benni@social.tchncs.de 2022-12-20 08:56
@kewms@mastodon.social the software you are using right now is not sold and the people which are building it live from donations. my point was not about fairness but about a different culture. and btw there are artists (in a more traditional sense), which do this same business model because they don't want to sell their art, too. i am still not judging, but i am totally fine with instances that just don't want "commerce". its there choice as much is it the choice of artists to sell or not. @jenniferplusplus@tech.lgbt