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Anyone remembers that upon Remix' initial release, one had to buy a licence for 250 USD? https://web.archive.org/web/20201204025307/https://remix.run/buy https

• PKop 4y ago
  So what? This is akin to crowdfunding, or patronage. Many people were happy to have early access while supporting the project.
  • super256 4y ago
    I just wanted to post this here because I think it's an interesting piece of trivia.
• esprehn 4y ago
  Michael and Ryan have always been about trying to make money from their React expertise. They literally created a company called React Training: https://reacttraining.com/team https://reacttraining.com/team and have had a fairly lucrative business doing workshops for years. No harm in trying to get folks to pay for a framework. It doesn't seem it worked, but I can't fault them for trying!
  • zwily 4y ago
    React Training worked really well, was very profitable till Covid shut it down. Obviously not a scalable startup type thing but still a nice little business.
  • jholman 4y ago
    Apropos of which, it always baffled me how bad the React Router documentation was, given that the company name was react-training. It was like an anti-ad.
    • esprehn 4y ago
      Some could argue the just okay docs were driving consulting business. Even the TFA mentions they started conversations with them because they were using react router! :p