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submitted 2 months ago by ober@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

Thought this was really insightful and think more people should read this

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[-] ober@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

Michał addresses his problems with relying on donations later on in the post. Dayjobs are the main source of burnout but devs need it to survive. It's very difficult for a FOSS project to get enough consistent funding to pay a liveable wage for even one dev without compromising on some aspects to gain funding. And even if they do, the FOSS work now becomes the dayjob and becomes a source of burnout. Ontop of this, donations are extremely unstable and there's no guarantee a project will be able to pay a dev enough every year.

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