> This right here, I believe, is the biggest problem facing software today. How do you pay for it? You find the people who are making money with it, find conve

> This right here, I believe, is the biggest problem facing software today. How do you pay for it? You find the people who are making money with it, find conveniences that those people would appreciate, and put them behind a paywall. Or, with the same group of people, offer them a support contract. Sell them the “premium” version of the software with 24-7 support and contractors who can solve any problem they might come across. Or, host the software as a service and let people pay for that. Or, host the software as a feee service and use your users’ data to market products at them. Or, use the software to solve a social or governmental problem, apply for grants to do more of that, and use some of the grant money to improve the software. Or you can always sell virtual hats. There are lots of ways to do it.