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		TobyTheDog123 on April 9, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NPM package event-source-polyfill compromised by p... Do FOSS contributors actually expect malware like this to produce signifiant positive attention to their cause? More-so than social networks and the media?

hatware on April 9, 2022 [–]

Exactly. They piss off ten people for every one they think they're helping. It's not sustainable.

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