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[–] NigelFrobisher 58 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Exactly like all software developers who thought they were going to make games or some world changing application at least in their own time, and then five years later they are just logging out for the day and playing games or streaming crap all evening like everyone else.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Given how many great open source projects there are, some developers actually do that. Just not me and you bro.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A lot of FOSS is maintained by people who are getting paid one way or another to maintain it.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True, but the bigger the project, the more it's supported by paid developers. Either from some foundation or else corporate devs whose jobs include contribution to FOSS projects

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wasn't the case for ImageMagick and OpenSSL for a very long time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

for OpenSSL? UNPAID?! HOLY FUCK

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Well now they got paid after the critical security vulnerability in 2014 (?), but it's basically just two developers.

Also don't confuse OpenSSL with OpenSSH

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah this sucks and a lot of projects backed by corporations get "shutdown" (no more maintainer) or the license is changed along the way to a closed one...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

The FOSS that matters (mostly) is.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm so sick of computers I don't even play videogames anymore. I just write stories in notebooks and go for long walks

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Nice! I took up film photography. I even develop the film myself, and the only time I have to touch a computer is if I want to scan my film to store it digitally

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I tried making games a while back and I've no idea how people do it. It was rough trying to enjoy your own game after you've spent 1000 hours play testing every aspect of it. Half way though the game Id stop thinking my own game was fun. I don't think I can ever be a game dev.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Playtesting? What’s that? Seems like an old practice that only slowed down release schedules

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Stop wasting time, the shareholders want this out now, they definitely know better than you when the time is right