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[โ€“] warmaster@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do you know if they contribute back in some way to immich ? Or do they use their code and just monetize it ?

[โ€“] Kjell@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They write this on their "About us"

Open source

We don't just use open source โ€” we contribute to it. We report bugs, provide feedback and think along about the direction of projects like Immich. Open source is a principle for us, not a marketing term.

[โ€“] warmaster@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hmm... if they ever make a business out of it, I hope they put people to actually contribute code or money.

[โ€“] Kjell@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, companies that earn money should contribute to the open source projects that they are using. Especially in cases like this where the product would be completely different without this open source.

[โ€“] stoy@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Sweet, one question though, as someone who hate mandatory subscriptions, do you have gift cards available?

Example, I have been a pro member of Geoguessr for several years now, but I have never subscribed, I keep buying gift cards and using them to activate my account annually.

For me this would be preferable.

[โ€“] Teacrumble@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Whats the difference between that and getting a year-worth of subscriptions and cancelling right away?

[โ€“] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Mostly psychological, it feels better for me.

[โ€“] Blaze@piefed.zip 1 points 1 month ago

I'm not the PixelUnion dev, you can probably ask them directly

[โ€“] thesdev@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"You Are Sheltering Enemies of the State, Are You Not?" typa phrase lmao

[โ€“] thesdev@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

Dunno about the state, but enemies of myself would be an accurate description.

[โ€“] petrescatraian@libranet.de 2 points 1 month ago

How time flies...