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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 34 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Donate to FOSS developers if you find the software useful, but don't give a cent to big tech companies.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 11 points 3 months ago

Depends. If the big tech company is actively supporting and developing Open Source and Free Software, then supporting by buying their stuff makes sense. I'm thinking of Valve/Steam, with their support and development in Proton, Linux Kernel, various other software, SteamOS and so on.

[–] pemptago@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 months ago

I had a similar change of heart years ago, watching a docu-series on PBS and realizing I wanted more of that content in the world. Even though you can stream PBS for about $5 a month, I canceled Netflix so I could pay PBS $20 a month to start making up for all the time my money was flowing in the wrong direction.

We're likely to get more of the things we invest in, and less of the things we don't. That investment includes attention in ad-driven market, not only money.

I know I'm not the first person on lemmy to have this realization, it's one of the many reasons I like it here.

[–] logging_strict@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Currently trying to improve a popular Sphinx extension, sphobjinv. Can watch my daily pain here

If anyone is so inclined, please throw some litecoin my way

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The litecoin will go towards my daily milk tea habit. Elephants work for peanuts, i work for milk tea.