Unskilled labor isnt a real real thing. It was created to devalue blue collar workers. A construction worker is seen as unskilled but if you were to try and build a home next to a construction worker you'd realize how much skill they have at the matter.
cainisdelta1
joined 8 months ago
I'm a little confused by "open source isnt sustainable". If you mean open source isn't usually paid development so it is hard for you to live off any income from it I'd be inclined to agree. But there are still ways to turn a profit from open source development. I think red hat and even docker would serve as good examples. For red hat they provide open source code and sell a service while docker provides core open source components while has some features are closed source and paid.
As others have pointed out privacy without transparency (in the way of making the underlying code open source) isnt a guarantee of privacy its a weak promise at best. While I do think it is difficult to make open source as profitable as closed source, removing openness in its entirety isn't a solution privacy focused people will accept.
As an example of a way to make money from this open source project: If you made the code open source and marketed towards companies where you could supply a secure communications network using a familiar interface and offered a license and support to them you'd still be able to make money without compromising the apps ability to create a meaningful network of privacy evangelists to vouch for you.