Phones are tool (and also exceedingly-effective surveillance frameworks) , and they can be used well, or poorly.
Then the number of individual contributions should be listed next to their names, which solves the issue. 😁🙏💚✨🤙
!HOPE
!INDEED
!PIZZA
!WINE
!WEIRD
Some people literally say that "some people buy phones to be surveilled". 🤯
The problem with displaying the number of contributions though is that those who have contibuted tiny and/or simple code so many times would appear more helpful than those who have contributed complex and long code a few times. 🧘♂️
!ALIVE
!STRIDE
As I've said, there are a lot of really bizarre people in the world.
Then use quantity of contributions, and a scale to show the level of significance for the project. 😁🙏💚✨🤙
!ALIVE
!STRIDE
Some people would even use money they don't have (in other words, borrowing or loaning money) just to buy expensive smartphones. 💸🤯🤯
That seems to be a good idea, but it might complicate the display of the contributions of each developer. 🤯🤓
!BEER
I'm sure I don't have to explain how poor an idea that is.
There are always trade offs to any implementation. 😁🙏💚✨🤙
!BEER
That applies to purchasing anything in general, even for necessities. 💸🤯
Let's just !HOPE they find a good balance there! 🤗
!LOLZ
People should !INDEED make clear the distinction between "important" and (merely) "useful" things, especially when planning to spend money. 🧘♂️
!LOLZ
The only things that I will go out of my way to buy quickly, even using most of my savings, is replacement technology for those that die, since to what I do, those are absolutely essential. 😁🙏💚✨🤙
!INDEED
!LOLZ