As you can easily notice, today many open source projects are using some services, that are… sus.
For example, Github is the most popular place to store your project code and we all know, who owns it. And not to forget that sketchy AI training on every line of your code. Don’t we have alternatives? Oh, yes we have. Gitlab, Codeberg, Notabug, etc. You can even host your own Gitea or Forgejo instance if you want.
Also, Crowdin is very popular in terms of software (and docs) translation. Even Privacy Guides and The New Oil use Crowdin, even though we have FLOSS Weblate, that you can easily self-host or use public instances.
So, my question is: if you are building a FLOSS / privacy related project, why using proprietary and privacy invasive tools?
Nobody here is going to hear you. They are hard-line zealots who will actively hurt their own projects in some pyrrhic victory.
I think you’re right about some people here, but anyone who is genuinely interested in why open source maintainers make the decisions they do will hear me.
Considering the question was asking about the motivations of open source maintainers, and I actually am an open source maintainer, I would hope that most people here would want to hear my position. But I understand that a lot of people here are upset with my decisions, because the things I prioritize aren’t the things they would prioritize if they were in my position.