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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/aproposnix/statuses/111471393396095301">aproposnix (aproposnix@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Nov-2023 23:21:16 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@aproposnix" title="aproposnix@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/47683-48-20231114091652.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="aproposnix" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">aproposnix</a><div><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/111471216884573317" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li></ul></div></section><article><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral">@aral</a> thanks for sending me down the rabbit hole 🕳️ of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fossbro" rel="tag">#fossbro</a> I had never heard of it before today (I'm not a developer though). </p><p>I love FOSS but I definitely think people like Stallman are way out of touch with regular people. I've even been told I shouldn't be using Linux because I'm not a software engineer by one of the developers at a previous job! </p><p>More reading if anyone else is interested in this topic:<br> <a href="https://discuss.coding.social/t/false-entitlement-disconnect-between-foss-producers-and-consumers/90" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://discuss.coding.social/t/false-entitlement-disconnect-between-foss-producers-and-consumers/90</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2376131#notice-4692963">In conversation</a><time datetime="2023-11-25T23:21:16+09:00" title="Saturday, 25-Nov-2023 23:21:16 JST">Saturday, 25-Nov-2023 23:21:16 JST</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@aproposnix/111471393396095301" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@aproposnix/111471393396095301">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: discuss.coding.social</div><h5><a href="https://discuss.coding.social/t/false-entitlement-disconnect-between-foss-producers-and-consumers/90">False Entitlement: Disconnect between FOSS producers and consumers</a></h5><div></div></header><div>In Why we need Social Coding there is mention of “False Entitlement” that exist by people that depend on free software. However there is a disconnect on both ends, where developers of free software do not set expectations correctly, and - in the case of misunderstandings - could also do a better job communicating. There are often frustrations on both sides.  On the Fediverse this is seen too in discussions, and often well-intentioned devs are named “fossbro” or worse. Part of Social Coding is to...</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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aproposnix (aproposnix@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Nov-2023 23:21:16 JSTaproposnix
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@aral thanks for sending me down the rabbit hole 🕳️ of #fossbro I had never heard of it before today (I'm not a developer though).
I love FOSS but I definitely think people like Stallman are way out of touch with regular people. I've even been told I shouldn't be using Linux because I'm not a software engineer by one of the developers at a previous job!
More reading if anyone else is interested in this topic:
https://discuss.coding.social/t/false-entitlement-disconnect-between-foss-producers-and-consumers/90
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  False Entitlement: Disconnect between FOSS producers and consumers
  In Why we need Social Coding there is mention of “False Entitlement” that exist by people that depend on free software. However there is a disconnect on both ends, where developers of free software do not set expectations correctly, and - in the case of misunderstandings - could also do a better job communicating. There are often frustrations on both sides. On the Fediverse this is seen too in discussions, and often well-intentioned devs are named “fossbro” or worse. Part of Social Coding is to...

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