alt Hacker NewsI developed an aversion to "with love"-marketing. I've seen too many products come full circle from idealistic "ad-free-forever" "will-never-sell-your-data" "open-source-forever" "customer-first" student-times to selling out everything.
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sixtyj • today at 8:05 AM
It should be “made for profit, we need to pay mortgage/loan as most of people”… this would be more honest :)
Buy-me-coffee / you can donate / payments in bitcoins accepted / pay as you use / etc.
But I am curious what could work so people wouldn’t be discouraged immediately?
Subscription (monthly/quarterly/annual) is annoying as well…
Adobe has started this wave, I remember it vividly.
jacquesm • today at 7:53 AM
It sets you up for the inevitable rugpull, with love.
Just to be clear, I’ve been contributing to the open-source community since 2020, and I have no intention of misleading anyone. The use of the word ‘love’ isn’t about branding off another product-it’s simply a tool I personally needed, so I built it. If you’d like, you can also check my GitHub to see my work.