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		ben0x539 on Nov 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software I... Hm, why do you think that is? Do programmers just respect each other less than they respect baristas?

ahepp on Nov 17, 2023 | [–]

If Starbucks started giving the drinks away for free, I doubt people would still pay $10 for it.

ThrowawayR2 on Nov 17, 2023 | [–]

Because they got trained to think that way by the "free as in speech and free as in beer" and "Why pay for Windoze? (sic) Linux is free" marketing the early FOSS advocates used.

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