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> People who don't bat an eye at paying $10 for lunch will balk at paying $10 for a software license for some tool or app that saves them a ton of time and effo
by bogwog 4y ago
> People who don't bat an eye at paying $10 for lunch will balk at paying $10 for a software license for some tool or app that saves them a ton of time and effort. Until this changes, open source contributors will continue to struggle to capture some of the few dollars floating around. Too many will just decide that it just isn't worth it.
That's never going to change (how would it?). People have been saying similar things in every industry since the dawn of the dollar. It's just human nature, and anybody waiting for that change are going to die waiting.
- gabereiser 4y agoThe psychology of “want” vs “need”. People need to eat and so the cost of it is justified and people will pay. The wants are weighed against the needs and are rarely justified unless the individual’s needs are met.