Exactly. That’s the only real core issue. Wild AI usage is just a consequence.

Developers who have a nice job and career, and are making good money, might think of doing open source to “contribute to society” or something like that.

But new developers who are seeing those golden opportunities shut in front of their faces, they feel like they have to desperately fight for the last places on the lifeboat, so I don’t blame them for wanting to farm cv points and game the system of incompetent recruiters who make much more then they will do, instead of spending time and effort doing something nice for society hoping someone will notice (lol they will not, especially if you’re a nobody)