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i do not care about devs “accomplishing a goal for people” (yes, even if [actually, especially if] that goal is creating use-values for consumers). i do not care about the empirical success of the “open source community”. i care about not being a sellout and not acting in an anti-solidaristic manner
sometimes you reluctantly find yourself in a context where the latter seems like a necessary concession to survive, and that’s a local judgement that may be correct. doesn’t change the fact that that’s what you’re doing.