I worked in the FOSS space for roughly half a decade. Comments like this are easy to make and also add absolutely no value whatsoever. If you actually feel strongly about it, do the work yourself, no one is stopping you.

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csb6 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I have no qualms with him deciding to step away from developing Zulip or setting up a foundation. My qualms are with his choice to work for an AI company when someone of his experience could easily have found a job working somewhere else. Public figures should be subject to criticism of their ethical choices when they make bad ones.

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shimman an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

They are doing work, they're advocating for what they believe in. Consumers of FOSS deserve to have a voice too.

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Centigonal an hour ago | parent | next [-]

If you see complaining on forums and maintaining software as contributing the same kind of value, then oh boy do I have an enterprise-grade comment thread to sell you.

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cptskippy an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think the op was suggesting the contribute to FOSS rather than shaming people who have contributed greatly for not contributing more.

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stavros an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

It's easy to advocate for what you believe in by posting comments on HN. It's harder to advocate for what you believe in by taking a low-paying job in a FOSS company, which they presumably didn't do.

	▲	shimman an hour ago \| parent [-]
		If you're going to blame the consumer, might as well blame the person that chose to easily be exploited too.