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> How could decentralized applications/services be sustainable funded? If not advertising, how? How any other open source is funded (e.g. corporate/individual

> How could decentralized applications/services be sustainable funded? If not advertising, how? How any other open source is funded (e.g. corporate/individual donations, grants, crowdsourcing, support, ancillary products, etc). I don't believe, at least for an MVP, that much funding is needed compared the scope of some of the successfully funded open source projects that exist. > Most importantly, why would users care about decentralized vs centralized? They wouldn't. And ideally, beyond the annoying hoops on initial versions (e.g. discovery/identity), they shouldn't. Your software needs to win on features. A self-hosted, subscribable Reddit clone w/ chat would be a very good start.

the_duke 8y ago
Please, show me a list of self-sustaining open source projects that cover developer time and administrative overhead just in donations. The only one I can think of right now would be Font Awesome 5 (via Kickstarter), which already was a very popular product with big name recognition and had a professionally run Kickstarter. Pretty much ever open source project only survives because developers donate their own time, or companies allow their developers to do so.
- Drdrdrq 8y ago
  > The only one I can think of right now would be Font Awesome 5 (via Kickstarter),... And even there, imho Bob (iirc) from the video was right - I hate font awesome 5, and always install either version 4 or "fork awesome" in my projects.
  - the_duke 8y ago
    Why so?
    - Drdrdrq 8y ago
      I must thank you for your question, and must (embarrasing as it is) admit I was wrong. I started a reply stating that one can no longer use <i> elements and must instead include svgs, but then I decided to double check - and found I was wrong all this time... Some minor details have changed, but mostly for the better. Their marketing is a bit annoying too, but that's the price of having a sustainable business model. I obviously haven't checked version 5 in projects yes, but I guess I should now. So thanks for making me realise my mistake...
- astazangasta 8y ago
  Those, then, would seem to be valid ways to organize such a project. Lord knows there is more than enough volunteer time available to achieve any project - if properly organized.

the_duke 8y ago

Please, show me a list of self-sustaining open source projects that cover developer time and administrative overhead just in donations. The only one I can think of right now would be Font Awesome 5 (via Kickstarter), which already was a very popular product with big name recognition and had a professionally run Kickstarter. Pretty much ever open source project only survives because developers donate their own time, or companies allow their developers to do so.

Drdrdrq 8y ago
> The only one I can think of right now would be Font Awesome 5 (via Kickstarter),... And even there, imho Bob (iirc) from the video was right - I hate font awesome 5, and always install either version 4 or "fork awesome" in my projects.
- the_duke 8y ago
  Why so?
  - Drdrdrq 8y ago
    I must thank you for your question, and must (embarrasing as it is) admit I was wrong. I started a reply stating that one can no longer use <i> elements and must instead include svgs, but then I decided to double check - and found I was wrong all this time... Some minor details have changed, but mostly for the better. Their marketing is a bit annoying too, but that's the price of having a sustainable business model. I obviously haven't checked version 5 in projects yes, but I guess I should now. So thanks for making me realise my mistake...
astazangasta 8y ago
Those, then, would seem to be valid ways to organize such a project. Lord knows there is more than enough volunteer time available to achieve any project - if properly organized.