> Because it establishes an exploitative precedent that shouldn't be followed. It also allows small creators to survive. I'm working on hybrid mobile apps aga

> Because it establishes an exploitative precedent that shouldn't be followed. It also allows small creators to survive. I'm working on hybrid mobile apps again after a long break. The number of essential packages in both the Ionic/Capacitor/Cordova and React Native ecosystems that are "looking for maintainers" (think: camera functionality) and have long lists of issues is frankly astounding, given the number of users of said packages. An expectation to pay so the maintainers can maintain is a good thing in my book.