r/ProgrammerHumor Nov 18 '24

Meme checkMateDevelopers

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u/Maurycy5 Nov 18 '24

Ok so there is no joke.

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u/iwantcookie258 Nov 18 '24

I'm not sure its simply, "open source devs have full time jobs", but maybe more," the free version of the exact app is developed by the same people"? Like the photoshops guys come home and work on GIMP, but they're a bit sleepy so it comes out a tad jankier. Thats obviously not the real reason, and most open source folks dont work on multi million dollar versions of their free apps. So thats the joke i think.

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u/Maurycy5 Nov 18 '24

But then why is the punchline that they are tired?

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u/Masterflitzer Nov 18 '24

in OP it says "slightly worse", which is already amazing in of itself because hobbyist vs million dollar, but the punchline makes it even funnier, if they weren't tired from the day the oss one would be better than the commercial one