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299 points gastonmorixe | 1 comments | 12 Nov 25 07:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.27s | source
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juliusceasar ◴[12 Nov 25 13:00 UTC] No.45899605[source]▶
I refuse to donate. Trillion dollar companies depend leech on it and yet refuse to spend money on it.

Let it fail and see what happens.

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sph ◴[12 Nov 25 13:10 UTC] No.45899704[source]▶
Harsh but true. Any of the FAANGs could cough up a million dollars and let the thing run for 1000 months.

I’m too poor to have too much revenue that I need to donate some away to pay fewer taxes. That’s a problem corporations have.

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jahnu ◴[12 Nov 25 13:31 UTC] No.45899903[source]▶
Even a single highly paid employee of a FAANG, many of whom frequent this very forum, could pay for a year without breaking the bank.
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codingdave ◴[12 Nov 25 13:51 UTC] No.45900170[source]▶
100% true, but they shouldn't have to. If FAANG is using it, they should fund it. I don't want to work in a culture where the employees pay for the corporations' tools.
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1. sph ◴[12 Nov 25 14:01 UTC] No.45900280[source]▶
> I don't want to work in a culture where the employees pay for the corporations' tools.

Agreed. They call that 'open source' work (derogative)