Comment by raw_anon_1111
14 hours ago
There are millions of things in the world today that I’m not “curious” about. I’m sure a car mechanic could wonder why people aren’t interested in rebuilding a motor or a construction worker would wonder why people aren’t interested in doing their own major renovations - actually no they wouldn’t.
Only geeks seem to elevate a computer to some type of religious thing that should be more than just a tool. This is coming from someone who started coding in assembly in the 6th grade in 1986.
But in the year of our lord 2025 at 51, the computer and technology is just an enablement tool for me to accomplish something else or a means for me to trade my labor for money to support my addiction to food and shelter. I have a dozen things I would rather be doing after I get off of work than futz around with technology.
Sure, but what if the only mechanic you could take your car to was the dealership? What if household repairs couldn't be done by anyone but the original builder? This is the situation most software is in.
And if I have a problem with my software am I going to hire a developer to fix a bug I find in the Linux kernel? An I going to use my own fork and then every time the main fork is changed ask the developer to merge it?
Sure, or you can have the developer you hired submit your patches upstream so others can benefit from them too. Or you can wait around for someone else to do it. But to demand support for free from volunteers isn't it; don't expect something for nothing.
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