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That hive of scum and freemium makes those plugins keep existing. Like in the rest of open source world, anything that cannot fund itself eventually disappears.
by zrn900 3y ago
That hive of scum and freemium makes those plugins keep existing. Like in the rest of open source world, anything that cannot fund itself eventually disappears. You install a free plugin, it works great and you are happy - for a few years. Then one day you find out that the maintainer cant continue maintaining the plugin anymore because of work/personal life getting busy, and voila - you have to find another plugin again.
Its much better to have that 'hive of scum and freemium' and pay some money to those plugins than having to look for another plugin to build your site on every few years.
- baranul 3y agoBut there is no guarantee that the person will not outgrow, need, or want some other plugin later. Just because somebody paid for something, doesn't mean it will be continually useful.
- zrn900 3y agoWell, it doesnt work like that in reality. The reality is that people scarcely shell out money for premium plugins, and that is only after using their free version enough time and then needing things from the paid version. So the freemium format keeps working.