𝕂𝚞𝚋𝚒𝚔ℙ𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚕Apr 28

Open source isn’t free. We’re just not paying for it: Who maintains the maintainers?

A lot of things don’t add up in the world of software. The skills gap remains stubbornly wide, with IT and data skills the hardest to recruit for five consecutive years. Yet, at the same time, entry level roles are declining as employers redeploy existing employees rather than hiring new ones.

🧑‍💻 https://www.computing.co.uk/analysis/2026/open-source-isn-t-free-we-re-just-not-paying-for-it

#opensource #freesoftware #notfree #it #maintain #software #employment

Open source isn’t free. We’re just not paying for it

A lot of things don’t add up in the world of software. The skills gap remains stubbornly wide, with IT and data skills the hardest ...

Show threadyou're all idiotsApr 9

@cr00ky @pluralistic the design is patented and locked in the CC BY NC license which means no third party replacement parts.

#NotFree

WesNov 23

As of January 1, 2026, T-Mobile will no longer be offering customers free Apple TV+ subscriptions as part of its perks, according to a recent announcement.

T-Mobile Announces Change to ‘Free’ Apple TV Perk - Newsweek https://share.google/eGACH0mgEeotSWehD

#appletv #tmobile #notfree

T-Mobile Announces Change to ‘Free’ Apple TV Perk

The carrier is cutting down on a popular freebie, its "Apple TV On Us" offer.

Newsweek
DJ ComatoseOct 22, 2025

Yahoo are such a$$h0les. 100.1% Full?

#yahoo #aws #encryption #unlimited #scams #notfree #yahoomail #ai #toschange #greed #clownshit #capitalism #theallmightydollar

AKs 4 Sustainable BudgetsJan 24, 2025
The huge irony of this is that by using #akleg PFDcuts to cover its deficits, the proposal would be funded by diverting money from the pockets of the very people - middle & lower-income #AKfams - it claims to help. #NotFree #RightHandTakesWhatTheLeftHandGives https://buff.ly/4jiBxmm
Bill to provide free breakfast and lunch for all Alaska students filed in the Legislature • Alaska Beacon

All Alaska students could be provided free breakfast and lunch at school, under a new bill in the Alaska Legislature. 

Alaska Beacon
Diana VeggieJan 23, 2025
This platform mastodon has the same or worse censorship as meta and the denunciation is also the same. I thought it was free and independent here. Dr. Lilian Jans-Beken complained to me about what I post and said he also spoke for others. If he doesn't want to see it, he should block me, but he probably thought he had to report me. I post only how the FOOD of non-vegans is made. Nothing is free and independent. What a fake here.
#censorship #denunciation #vegan #fake #mastodon #notfree
AzureCeruleanOct 22, 2024

@Itskilian

Having to provide a name and valid email address is NOT Free!

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#NotFREE

xKinGxKaoSxJul 22, 2024
#ModernSlave #Democratic #NotFree #FuckTheElite #99%
The Peter Pan of Nerdery™ 🧑‍🎤🧚Apr 2, 2024
Awww. Too bad. Guess I’m going to be forced to use better, free email clients instead. 🤷🏻‍♂️ #proton #protonmail #notfree
T 🍉Mar 17, 2024

I would love to live in a world where I could sometimes sell my #sourdough bread at the local market.

Sell some of the pretty earrings I make and maybe some of the plants I grow.

Run a few inclusive outdoor exercise classes here and there. Teach a few people to deadlift and squat.

All of these I love to do. But our State and the systems in it make it so that I can't do any of them without specializing in just one and still being very poor.

#NotFree #capitalism