Meanwhile we're extracting value from someone's unpaid labor every single day.
Exactly. And this is only possible because "someone" made their work available for free.
This is not new. "Communes" have always had this problem. No one has ever found a solution that didn't involve forced labor. Study history and human nature and quit feigning surprise.
> But the second a maintainer mentions compensation? We lose our fucking minds.
Every time I see a big whiny post that uses the word "we" to indiscriminately paint an entire community I immediately get the feeling the "we" actually means "me."
jqpabc123|1 month ago
Exactly. And this is only possible because "someone" made their work available for free.
This is not new. "Communes" have always had this problem. No one has ever found a solution that didn't involve forced labor. Study history and human nature and quit feigning surprise.
asdefghyk|1 month ago
MisterTea|1 month ago
Every time I see a big whiny post that uses the word "we" to indiscriminately paint an entire community I immediately get the feeling the "we" actually means "me."