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Had to explain to another user why asking a volunteer project to fix an issue is inappropriate.

And I get that's it's a really subtle point here between saying "I also have this problem" (fine) and "Please fix this issue" (not ok)

i.e. You can only ask people you have a relationship with to do work for you. You can NOT ask strangers to labour for you for free, even if you think it's important, or appropriate.

Leon Oscar Kidando

@doctormo 100% in agreement. I ended up abandoning an open source project I was working on by myself because the lack of politeness and making it seem like I "had" to add features for the sake of making the app more useable for a few people was exhausting to deal with