> and the less it is used, the more likely it is to be abandoned. That's certainly true, but not at the same scale as FOSS. > Personally, I think a $10 annual

> and the less it is used, the more likely it is to be abandoned. That's certainly true, but not at the same scale as FOSS. > Personally, I think a $10 annual fee would be more reasonable but finding the magic sweetspot between users and dollars is a market research topic. Sure, but it's much harder to bring 10$ a year to a 10$ a month price than the reverse. In one case you will make people angry and assuredly lose many customer, in the other, you may just gain more. People always forget also the cost to support people over a "beta" software. That cost goes up the more customer he get, thus starting with less customers is certainly a good way to limit the amount of time spent on answering to support request.