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Many may already know this offer from Sticker Mule, but you can get basic Unix swag really cheaply to stick on a laptop or water bottle.

I bought myself a couple and can confirm it's legit and good quality.

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[–] const_void@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Does the money go back to the distros?

[–] Andy@programming.dev 21 points 1 year ago

Apparently it goes toward sending customers "Liberal Moron" shirts instead of their requested designs, and also illegally underpaying employees. So... I doubt it.

[–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the price is more to prevent people from spamming orders than to actually make money. StickerMule is propably losing on this stickers to make their site more recognized.

[–] Andy@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Would you consider editing the main post with the details from here? At least one person here has explicitly said

wish I’d known that before I ordered

And I'd guess many here would like to know that before deciding whether to support the company.