That doesn't apply to JavaFX. There are many devs, it's used in major corporate projects. But it's not a strategic component for any of the big companies working on openjfx/openjdk, so no devrel, no techvideos, no T&M sales/support... just tons of incoming mail for me.

Thanks! A main problem imho is the split of working on the OpenJFX code versus getting revenues. *Almost* all companies paying devs for working on openjfx do this with indirect revenues, e.g. support contracts. That forces the remaining companies/individuals to do their work for free.

For example, I slightly doubt that Google/Facebook is showing all this crap that keeps people scrolling (aka "selling eyeballs") out of good intent.
The days where I thought Google didn't do evil are over.

That's a valid choice.
The consequence though is that I (unpaid for any OpenJFX work) get many angry mails/requests from people who tell me I should do all this work because they rely on it.
The model is completely broken and those who are making money from it aren't interested in fixing it.

I try to do that as much as possible, with people around me. Whether I like them or not.
But no, I don't do that anymore when it involves big tech shareholders and execs.

Great post, thanks for sharing. I agree empathy may help here, but tbh, I believe very often the problem is that some higher-level execs prefer their salary and job title over doing what really should be done.

I thought about this a bit longer. This is not how I believe it should be done. With Gluon, we added a Headless Platform to OpenJFX. There was no (paid!) broad demand for it, but we believe it was the right thing to do.
In my naive opinion, if you think something is needed, you just do it.

Next step is the integration of Leyden code into OpenJDK/mobile. Hope to get support from the Leyden experts. (2/2)
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