OpenStars
joined 10 months ago
Exactly, yeah like I'm not trying to remove myself entirely from "society" - the physical law of entropy means that people need to put in EFFORT to make things happen, and that deserves to be recognized, plus the dev should have a proper means of support to be able to buy food, shelter, etc.
I even tip at restaurants wherever I go. I don't know if I'll be okay in the future - I don't own a home or know my retirement plans, but I don't think a few dollars will make the difference, but it can boost someone else's day and that's really something:-).
I really like Netflix's player, their CC options, and the quality of their streaming service. It's just too bad about the content going all over the place, and THAT part is actually not their fault.
Though I just could not do that for Google Music, when they pay the original artists so extremely little:-(.
They are a company - their obligations to their customers begin and end with extraction of funds to disburse to their shareholders:-(.
Back in the early days when they were trying to ingratiate themselves to the public, they put on a good face - "don't be evil" and all, but the mask is off now. Even now, they still really truly are more ethical (or at least might be, maybe?) than some others, e.g. https://lemmy.world/post/11951288? (but that is not saying very much at all, to compare an evil corporation like Google to a full-on fairly criminal-like corporation that steals artists & other people's content against their will; and I only say "criminal-like" b/c the aging geriatrics in various governments around the world barely use computers much less understand its terminology such as "mobile device", so the existing legal structures remain mired half a century behind what is going on in today's actual world).
Also, I am weird - I will do things like pay for Netflix even though I haven't watched it in months, preferring the high seas that has more content that is no longer there:-P, b/c I want to support continued development of new content (though TV & movies are becoming a dated art form nowadays). That said, YouTube is a VERY different situation, b/c while they do have server costs and what-not, they also are one of the lowest (not THE lowest, but among them... iirc?) contributors back to the artists who actually make the stuff. So a better way would be to find artists that you like, and send them money directly where they would get 100% of the revenue.
Anyway, I like your post that shows that there is more than one reason to support such apps - not just b/c of the content but also more than that too.
Cause I got food poisoning the last time I was there. :-P
por que no los dos?
Life...ah, finds a way.
"Can't compete" => won't, ftfy :-P
Google got their money, so they are simply "done", unlike software made by people who genuinely care about stuff, and donate their time for free to improve it.
Lol, well *I* thought it was funny:-P. You might get fewer fake internet point reductions if you threw in a /s.
"Mommy what do these numbers above each of our heads mean? They say 23, 24, 25, and 26."
Okay but you are using "facts" and "data" there.:-)
While in their defense, that nut was scawy, and they got their fee-fees huwt.