this post was submitted on 08 Apr 2025
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That would be good for government to cut funding. Users should give away their own cash to support the projects.

Funders of any project can influence decisions, but users giving from their own personal money can keep open source software free from any influences.

[–] [email protected] 82 points 1 week ago

But sadly in reality it means these projects will most likely go underfunded

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

One of the expressed reasons for cutting funding to PBS and NPR (via the Corp. for Public Broadcasting) is because they can’t influence what is being said by those entities.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

One cannot influence what no longer exists. *tapsforehead