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299 points gastonmorixe | 1 comments | 12 Nov 25 07:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | 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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reactordev ◴[12 Nov 25 14:09 UTC] No.45900389[source]▶
Say this louder for the managers in the back!

I’m sick of having to pay for my own tools to do my job at your company. Either find a way to build using free tools or fork up the license for that Visual Studio Ultimate or IntelliJ Idea Ultimate license. Pay for your database vendor. Your corporate IdP. Why not $300/yr for a high value output employee?

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waltbosz ◴[12 Nov 25 14:31 UTC] No.45900662[source]▶
You know, I always thought it odd when plumbers (etc. tradesmen) working full time for a company have to supply their own tools.
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1. johnisgood ◴[12 Nov 25 15:38 UTC] No.45901480[source]▶
Yeah, sure, but in many places (for example in my country) they do not work for a company. They are not even legally working for themselves. You call them, they do the job, then ask for money. That's it. I think this is illegal though, but happens a lot when it comes to anything handyman-ish.