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Hmm, GNOME pays developers. There's a team of full time employees steering GNOME, and staff. Sure they are a non-profit, but it's a bit romanticizing to claim that they are doing all that work for free. I don't think it is very nice or productive to call people names and gatekeeping FOSS this way. There's such a thing as customization. It's fine that GNOME is very opinionated (everyone accepts that they are and the project lead has said so time and time again that user choice is not part of their focus). But, at the same time, it's not their project, there's a complex governance structure that involves the community. It's contradictory to speak this way about a component of a Linux distro. Linux is philosophically underlined by freedom of choice and personal customization, and it's inappropriate to insult people for wanting some more of that.
No, no, no, no.
Some developers do some paid work. The vast majority is unpaid. I'm not sure where you heard that, but that information is incorrect.
And I never said they did all of the work for free, I said predominantly. Same goes for other projects.
Please don't try to twist my words, I feel I was very clear with them.
Yes, it is their project. They own it. It's theirs. They are the developers.
And Gnome doesn't go against any of that. You are free to not use it. They aren't forcing you. You are free to customise it. They aren't stopping you.
Please stop acting so entitled. This is software they are providing for free, the bulk of the work being unpaid. They don't have to do free work for your specific needs if they don't want to. It's their project.
I never insulted you. If my words hurt, then I'm sorry, my intention is not to hurt you.
I'm just trying to steer you away from the path you're on of thinking you're entitled to XYZ and some predominantly unpaid devs have to cater to your whims. They do not. It's their project, not yours, and they rightly call the shots.
Sure, all those things could be argued to some degree or another. Just don't call people cancer. Throwing insults devalues your argument.
I never called you cancer, or insulted you.
See:
I said feeling like the devs owe you something is entitlement, which is a cancer to the FOSS world. You aren't owed anything, and neither am I.
Nowhere did I say you were cancer, unless you happen to proudly identify as an extremely entitled person.
Like I said, sorry if my words hurt you, but you aren't entitled to have the devs carer to you specifically. The project is theirs and if you don't like it, fork it or use something else. That's what FOSS is all about.
Why do you think unpaid devs should have to do as you say?