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Imagine grep being funded by salaried devs. It would become a web client with telemetry and garbage collector, written in a nich language and a complex build system.

Like systemd or Google Chrome.

Sad state of affairs:

1. No funding = passion and user-focus, but unsustainable

2. Employment = stable, but rot

3. Funding like core or foundations = professional, but directionless, featurism, detached from userbase, hubris, hidden agendas

4. Crowdfunding = rarely works, unreliable

What now?
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steepdawn974 7mo ago

Monero community's approach is interesting:

1) Devs pitch their feature/project to the market (users), apply for funding.

2) Users vote with their money.

3) ➡️Features that are actually desired by the community get developed

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