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from what I hear, it's not simple to get a sponsor or enough money from patreons, even for somewhat popular projects. Open source funding is still an unsolved
by riffraff 7y ago
from what I hear, it's not simple to get a sponsor or enough money from patreons, even for somewhat popular projects.
Open source funding is still an unsolved problem, even if a ton of people have tried.
I don't particularly like the idea of ads in terminal either, but people can decide not to use this, I suppose.
- kemitchell 7y agoLast I attempted a systematic survey of open source developers on Patreon, I could only find seven or so reported to be making >$1k USD per month. Of those, many of the most successful weren't simply taking donations. It's common to see substantial additional products of services as perks, like access to security alerts, work prioritization, personal time, and so on.