But they gave the full feature set away for free. Hoping that users would be generous enough to "make a small donation over on Patreon" (to use today's language

But they gave the full feature set away for free. Hoping that users would be generous enough to "make a small donation over on Patreon" (to use today's language). In a shit economy. No one does that today, not even Google. You get limited features for free.