Gregory's Server
Some friends and I were discussing why we do free software even though it often means doing tons of work for little or no money.
I think for me some major factors are the personal agency you have over the work (independent from employers/investors) and the potential for longevity that comes with having your work be part of the commons (projects can't be acquired and killed).
That kind of unalienated relationship to your creative output is very rare outside of maybe fine arts or entertainment.
I was reminded of someone I saw talking about their work on a super nice native Slack-style chat app called Quill. It got shut down after Twitter acquired them and had them work on Twitter DMs 🤦♂️
I tried looking up this app, but it's basically vanished from the internet even though it got acquired like a year ago. All that's left of the work they put into this is a few articles on tech sites and their website on the Wayback machine.
https://web.archive.org/web/20211208000432/https://quill.chat
I was reminded of someone I saw talking about their work on a super nice native Slack-style chat app called Quill. It got shut down after Twitter acquired them and had them work on Twitter DMs 🤦♂️
I tried looking up this app, but it's basically vanished from the internet even though it got acquired like a year ago. All that's left of the work they put into this is a few articles on tech sites and their website on the Wayback machine.