▲ 88 ▼ What's the biggest change you would like to see in computing/tech? (programming.dev) submitted 2 years ago by onlinepersona@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev 161 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] AMDmi3@lemmy.world -9 points 2 years ago (2 children) Criminalizing proprietary software. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] RonSijm@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) What alternative would you propose? FOSS is barely getting any donations / sponsors - So how are developers supposed to make a living? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago UBI would be a step towards something better. permalink fedilink source parent [–] planish@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago We could end the era of the developer as a specialized caste. Our tools should be powerful enough that they allow people with problems to collaborate on software to solve those problems, without having to let that become their full time job. permalink fedilink source parent [–] onlinepersona@programming.dev [S] 5 points 2 years ago I think there's a step in between: forcing proprietary solutions (hardware, software, designs, ...) to be opensourced once they aren't maintained or supported anymore. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RonSijm@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) What alternative would you propose? FOSS is barely getting any donations / sponsors - So how are developers supposed to make a living? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago UBI would be a step towards something better. permalink fedilink source parent [–] planish@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago We could end the era of the developer as a specialized caste. Our tools should be powerful enough that they allow people with problems to collaborate on software to solve those problems, without having to let that become their full time job. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago UBI would be a step towards something better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] planish@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago We could end the era of the developer as a specialized caste. Our tools should be powerful enough that they allow people with problems to collaborate on software to solve those problems, without having to let that become their full time job. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev [S] 5 points 2 years ago I think there's a step in between: forcing proprietary solutions (hardware, software, designs, ...) to be opensourced once they aren't maintained or supported anymore. permalink fedilink source parent