Open Source Maintainers Owe You Nothing
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Post from 2018 but still valid. https://mastodon.social/@mikemcquaid/112211808720492947
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Post from 2018 but still valid. https://mastodon.social/@mikemcquaid/112211808720492947
Slightly unrelated but it kind of reminds me of a guest room I used to have.
I had this tiny but amazing little room in the center of an expensive city. Walking distance from station. Large balcony. Large windows with sun. Blackout curtains. Silent. Pretty wooden desk. Ample storage space. Mirror. Shiny clean. Lots of features, basically!
Couchsurfers were always so deeply thankful and I've never had any real issues. It was fun and rewarding.
Airbnbers? Oh my god there were some entitled guests. And it was just eur 25 a night! There's even emotional labor involved because you have to take it with a smile or you might end up receiving a bad review and drop out of the search.
I can't for a second imagine a surfer acting that way. Just like this article says it's like they assume there's this capitalist alienated relationship going on, whereas actually it's simply a gift.
Same with hostels by the way. Back in the day when I did most of my (basically tramp style) backpacking there were all these cheap nice hostels where you basically couldn't complain and also would not because you knew these were not run with a commercial mindset.
These days not so much, but I guess I am becoming an old cynic š
That's better than being a young cynic
IIUC 'in the heart of every cynic lies a disappointed idealist', in any case the relation between the two is worth keeping an eye out for
Reminds me of a tweet I saw once: