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[-] linule@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

I’d be happy to pay for things like Ubuntu Touch to have quickly a viable alternative to Android and iOS. It’s possible to donate, but donations tend to not be reliable or make development viable at all. Paying for Open Source seems fine, as long as fund allocation is fully transparent.

[-] JeffKerman1999@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 day ago

Yeah in the end it's big tech that decides what should be developed and what should not. Like for a period of time Microsoft was the biggest contributor to open source, but that's only because they wanted to make windows VMs work...

[-] linule@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It might sound kinda radical, but I feel that we need a culture shift to people paying for things, even if it’s small amounts, if we want to be truly competitive to „big tech“. Big tech uses venture capital to offer free stuff and thereby establish monopolies. We expect developers to work for free. It does work to an extent, but obviously it’s limited. And also people deserve being paid for their work.

Some work could be done in the area of how the funds are managed and presented, so it’s transparent and fair.

this post was submitted on 26 Jan 2026
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