Google, Meta, and AMD have people on their to team they pay for development on FOSS projects because their operations rely upon them, so they have a vested interest in maintaining them.

[–] blunderworld@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So the best solution to make a living as a FOSS developer is to... Work for some giant tech monopoly who engages in sketchy consumer practices on a regular basis?

AFAIK Sync was created by a single person, so I doubt he's getting paid by anyone other than fans of the app and ad revenue. I'll look into RedHat though, I appreciate you taking the time to provide an actual example.

[–] itsJoelle@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not a problem. Also FOSS orgs pay their devs as well. Off the top of my head OS developers with a large userbase often pay their devs through donations to foundations that fund the project. Often donors are companies as well, but it gives a developer the option to get paid without working for a massive company.

(I suppose indirectly they do, but that's a whole different ball of wax)

[–] ech0@lemdro.id 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

He means provide an example of a single indie Dev doing it. You're being obtuse because you know that there's no one.

[–] itsJoelle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I don't understand. I reread back to the top comment and went down the chain. They made a rhetorical question about how devs of software being paid. Someone clarified the definition of Foss. Then there was a an inquiry about how someone could make a living with FOSS software and another commenter claiming millions do it (which a majority are these exact devs I pointed out).

I simply gave the list, that's all.