People have different ideals. For some, a more fair distribution of resources is more important than rich fucks remaining rich fucks. Btw, any problem immigrants may cause is already being caused 1000x over by the absurdly rich.
This would only deter people who would otherwise plan a child. Those people tend to have fewer children in the first place and are more likely to take good care of them. I actually think the best approach to reducing the world's population increase is a heavy investment in education including reproductive education, especially in poorer countries which are the ones still actually growing fast.
I disagree. Workers should be compensated for being at a specific location if and only if that physical presence is necessary to do their work. If that's the case, I think the commute and other costs should be carried by the employer. But if the employee is going to the office simply because they prefer to or enjoy it more, that adds zero value to the work they're doing compared to wfh employees and should not be compensated differently.
For me it would heavily depend on where the office is located relative to my apartment, and how long my commute would turn out to be. More than 15-20 minutes by bike is a no-go (I live in Europe).
Also assuming the requirement to be in the office isn't a huge red flag for bad management in the first place.
So is your argument that devs creating free apps are only doing so because they haven't realized they could be charging money for it? Because if so, you live in another world than the rest of us, friend.
So? Someone who can't afford to build an app for free won't do it if there is no demand for it. People building free open source apps will still do it. I really don't get the problem...
Nothing is free. If you value the app and don't like ads, pay for it. If not, use a free one or build one yourself. If you value the service a server is providing, pay for it. Why would you want to artificially restrict our possibilities? it's not like we can only choose one or the other.
They bring something to the table: the app. It's a lot of work to build an app, and takes a lot of time and knowledge. It's perfectly okay to monetize your work. If you don't like it, why not build one yourself? The servers are there, and they are free. So is the documentation, and the protocols.
People have different ideals. For some, a more fair distribution of resources is more important than rich fucks remaining rich fucks. Btw, any problem immigrants may cause is already being caused 1000x over by the absurdly rich.