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> Anyone who disagrees with you can only be a shill?

> I’m an iOS developer who frequently defends Apple on these forums because the walked garden is hugely lucrative for me and other developers.

If this is your only motivation isn't that the (exact) definition of a paid shill?

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…That is not, in fact, the (exact) definition of a paid shill. Apple would have to be paying him conditionally, with the sole intent of him advertising / defending / whatever, regardless of his actual personal opinion.

He just has a clear vested interest in the platform as is. Would we all be FOSS shills for making our living with OSS software & continuing to advocate for the conditions that make that possible?

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