Comment by mu53
If you took a list of every open source project that FANG-type companies depend on, there are small libraries that don't draw benefit/attention from large companies.
Outdated, less optimal, almost-famous code/libraries/frameworks that businesses still rely on for money and don't want to spend money migrating away from that need various updates for new OS versions, security patches, and those are the maintainers that are underpaid and struggling.
> Outdated, less optimal, almost-famous code/libraries/frameworks that businesses still rely on for money and don't want to spend money migrating away from that need various updates for new OS versions, security patches, and those are the maintainers that are underpaid and struggling.
They can just not do it if they don’t want to.