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On Sun, 29 Dec 2024, pH wrote:

> On 2024-12-28, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 27 Dec 2024, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>
>>> On 2024-12-27 18:04, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 27 Dec 2024 14:57:55 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Well, I appreciate that I can get gratis a piece of software that is
>>>>> that good.
>>>>
>>>> If you think Free Software could be better, and you would rather not give
>>>> money to a proprietary company, why not contribute some of that money to
>>>> the development of the Free Software and help make it better?
>>>
>>> Especially since projects like KDE and LibreOffice really need it.
>>>
>>
>> Note that money is not the only way to contribute. Even by using the
>> software you contribute, by making others aware of it, you contribute. I
>> actually like projects that are not super wealthy. The linux foundation
>> and firefox are excellent examples of how power corrupts. Would never
>> dream of contributing with money to those two.
>
> This grabs my attention...as essentially a 'bystander' I've been totally
> unaware of these types of sentiments.
> Can someone give (or point me to) a thumbnail of why someone might have
> these opinions?
>
> Just curious....
>
> Pureheart in Aptos

Sure... https://lunduke.substack.com/ writes plenty about the corruption 
of firefox and the linux foundation.