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Okay, they're not getting paid. That's worse! This gives them an incentive to be the one to inject malware to steal bitcoins because they haven't been compensated for all their hard work.


I think you might be in for a shock when you learn how many Xubuntu-sized projects rely on unpaid volunteers.


So, of course, you stay far, far away from any open source software and their maintainders, since many/most of them don't get paid and are obviously nothing but one giant perverse incentive. Never use them right? Because we wouldn't want to think you're just a hypocrite dog-piling on someones bad day.


lol l live on the edge and run curl | sudo bash and just hope and pray that it doesn't steal my crypto


Can’t steal my crypto if I don’t have any in the first place.




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