Ask HN: How can DigitalOcean not afford $50, but can afford $3M to Omarchy?
For the life of me, I don't understand how DigitalOcean can't afford a $50 a month sponsorship to GNOME and Flatpak but can afford $3M to Omarchy. [0] Not only that, DigitalOcean cancelled their $50 a month sponsorship to GNOME and Flatpak. To put this in perspective, it would take 5,000 years for GNOME and Flatpak to reach the $3M figure DigitalOcean has given to Omarchy. How does this make any sense? [0] https://social.treehouse.systems/@barthalion/117241534134006167
Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
db48x
It has nothing to do with what they can afford. Just because someone can afford an expense does not mean that they are obligated to spend the money. They simply decided not to donate to GNOME any more.
orsorna
All signs point to these donations being strictly ideologically motivated, and not because of the alleged merits Omarchy totes. I could further argue how sad it is that efforts like these receive tons of money versus struggling FOSS projects, all for a strictly non-technical reason.
skrtskrt
Same reason Framework donates to far-right devs. Ideological alignment.