How LWN is faring in 2025
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How LWN is faring in 2025
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#2Is this backlash against the US or indications of a recession that is starting?
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#3Is this backlash against the US or indications of a recession that is starting?
I'm trying to figure out the same. Por que no los dos?
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#4Is this backlash against the US or indications of a recession that is starting?
I agree with the suggestions in the article that we are seeing the beginnings of a global economic slowdown caused by Trump’s trade policies and an understandable anti-US backlash.
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#5Is this backlash against the US or indications of a recession that is starting?
There is certainly a backlash against certain US based businesses, but I doubt LWN is on the receiving side of that backlash. It could be, but I'd be surprised. I think it is much more likely that people are being more frugal in their spending, as a precaution. Sadly something like LWN is fairly easy to eliminate from your budget.
Given the uncertainty the Trump administration has generated, I think a recession could be a self-fulfilling prophesy. Technically the economy might be strong enough, but we don't know Trumps long term plans, or even his plans for next week, so precautionary spending restrictions may end up triggering a recession of sorts.
There are so many project and organisations, similar to LWN, that I want to support, but it adds up quickly if you're not careful.
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#6Let's just donate or subscribe because something like LWN must be kept alive at all costs.
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#7People all around me seem to be cutting back on discretionary spending. These aren’t lwn subscribers, just normal people leading average lives, but I extrapolate that lwn subscribers are in the same boat.
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#8Let's just donate or subscribe because something like LWN must be kept alive at all costs.
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#9People all around me seem to be cutting back on discretionary spending. These aren’t lwn subscribers, just normal people leading average lives, but I extrapolate that lwn subscribers are in the same boat.
I have a number of home improvement projects that I had planned on tackling this year, but I've decided I prefer those funds liquid. Same with getting a newer car. While nothings harmed my economic situation yet my confidence in pretty much everything, the stability of the job market, the economy, the country itself it at an all time low.
Even here in red state territory that seems to be the general vibe.
Re: How LWN is faring in 2025
#10Superb publication for anyone into free/open source software. You could do worse than get your employer to get a group subscription...