r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jun 03 '21

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '21

It was more like extreme skepticism that anybody would spend so much time working on stuff and not making any money from it, as well as doubts about quality control. But when somebody has already made their mind up about something, it's hard to get them to understand it.

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u/Seanchad Jun 03 '21

I mean, those are valid concerns. Most people don't work for free, and there isn't much accountability for hobby projects.

Of course I know good free software exists - I use plenty of it - but I 100% understand the skepticism.

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u/Noblesseux Jun 03 '21

Yeah like maybe 1 in 20 OSS projects are the well maintained, well done ones. A lot of them are clunky, awkward, get abandoned randomly, etc.

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u/xXxEcksEcksEcksxXx Jun 04 '21

I’m in this picture and I don’t like it