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I've Soured on Open Source

Look, I get the noble intentions that originally spawned the movement, but y'all, capitalism is winning, and Open Source isn't changing that fact by an appreciable margin.

Look, I get the noble intentions that originally spawned the movement, but y'all, capitalism is winning, and Open Source isn't changing that fact by an appreciable margin. Until people start finding bugs and writing issues and requesting features and submitting PRs and demanding to know why you haven't released in six months and talking about how this "dead repo" is now a security risk and how the developer is a deadbeat and should be ashamed, and nobody should use this library for a professional product. If you're just quietly toiling away on a package that sees a few thousand downloads a week, you're almost definitely moving the needle for someone who's making money off your work, but you're unlikely to be visible enough for it to be "sexy enough" to be seen sponsoring you.

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