1/ My unpopular take: Free and Open Source Software culture often goes way past the point of absurdity in its idealism. It often winds up doing to software what file sharing did to music: It devalues the work and the creators behind it, and it breeds an entitlement culture.
I agree 100% with that actually. Don't get me wrong. What I'm trying to point out is that there's an extremism in the open source culture that I find very problematic.
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So I guess the questions are (1) is the trade-off worth it as is & (2) is there a way of changing the culture to preserve the benefits but mitigate the cost? I do get what you're saying - app culture was similar but evolved over time & good apps can charge a fair price now
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I think I'd need to see case studies to be convinced. I don't think it is some panacea without tradeoffs but I feel I benefit from layers of