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It's always a danger when a malicious company purchases a famous open source project.
Like that israeli adware company that bought simple mobile tools
Reminds me, I should donate to Fossify
I donated to the Tibor guy and I feel betrayed for how he managed the situation
I feel for the guy. Had health issues and needed money fast. I kinda don't blame him. Like I get its disappointing and I also won't blame people being mad at him, but I'm more mad at the overall system of how things get funding
I'd also have accepted the money if I were him but at least I would have wrote a blog post explaining the situation, that now the apps are dead and controlled by a bad actor and need to get uninstalled as soon as possible.
Not almost denying it while continuing to get money on his Patreon from unaware users