Comment by akerl_
18 hours ago
> if companies like Apple really wanted to fund this work, I'm pretty sure they could figure something out
A reminder that companies are not a hive mind.
Many people at Apple surely would love to funnel piles of money to open source. Maybe some of them even work in the Finance or Procurement or Legal departments. But the overwhelming majority of Apple’s procurement flow is not donations, and so it is optimized for the shape of the work it encounters.
I bet there are plenty of people working at Chick-fil-A who wish it was open on Sundays. But it’s not ~“blaming the user” to suggest that as it stands, showing up on Sunday is an ineffective way to get chicken nuggets.
The idea that donations are the only way they could fund this work is what I was talking about. I'm sure Apple has various contractors and other forms of employees.
It's like suggesting that Chic-Fil-A really does want to open on Sunday, but the only thing stopping them is customers not telling them they want it open on Sunday.