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I may have misunderstood your prior comment so please excuse me if I got it wrong. The problem I was solving was how to make money from an extension that I publ
by 6DM 3y ago
I may have misunderstood your prior comment so please excuse me if I got it wrong. The problem I was solving was how to make money from an extension that I publish. I was outlining different business models where you could give the user access to the extension, and make money without having to accept this arrangement with data thieves.
- sorokod 3y agoI don't see this as problem that needs to be solved. It is freeware from the start. It's wonderful that people are willing to share their knowledge and time for free - why not let it be the way it is?
- bavarianbob 3y agoI believe problem isn't the right word. I think OP is challenging your assumption that it's inherently freeware. There are methods for monetizing an extension and they're infrequently used or associated with a much larger experience (e.g. my BitWarden extension is critical for using BitWarden, but I pay for BitWarden's subscription elsewhere).
- jabradoodle 3y agoPerverse incentives being one, you make the extension for free, for the purpose of selling out later. Project being maintained by a single dev being another, there needs to be incentive to keep the project going and not abondon or sell out.