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This doesn't surprise me at all... Just like bots in games. Selling a service that benefits another. Its shady, but definitely believable.

Also, what if this is an actual viable way to "market" for an open source project?

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-31-million-fake-stars-on-github-projects-used-to-boost-rankings

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[–] geography082@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

There is a clear situation in Foss( even more in self hosting) where projects are presented as free open source but they are intended to monetize at the end and use the community help for development.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 6 points 1 month ago

There's nothing inherently wrong with monetizing FOSS. People gotta eat.

[–] FlappyBubble@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Can you give examples of this? What is the coat to the end user? Hardware, IT-services (VPS, and alike?) or like map providers using OSM data?