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I strongly encourage you to charge (lots) of money ASAP. I love the open source, offline, rent-free ethnos but also if you've built something truly valuable, ch
by grepLeigh 2y ago
I strongly encourage you to charge (lots) of money ASAP. I love the open source, offline, rent-free ethnos but also if you've built something truly valuable, charge money for it. Donations don't count as a viable monetization strategy.
Even if the software is free and you're just offering $500/hour consulting as an add-on to the software, that helps me trust the project has sticking power.
P.S. I think Tauri is such a cool framework and a delight to use. Rust's approach to platform-specific code is so much saner than anything I've tried previously.
- alanbernstein 2y agoI think this is the mindset that ruined the web.
- grepLeigh 2y agoIndie developers getting paid for their craftsmanship ruined the web? If a solo dev builds a tool that helps even a handful of people manage 5-6-7 figure portfolios, that's worth more than a cup of coffee.
- alanbernstein 2y agoNo, the idea that every minuscule scrap of content in the world exists to be monetized. There are a million other projects that are monetized, why do you need to "strongly recommend" against the very idea of one that is not? If that's what the author wants, then great, they should do it, and I hope they make a nice profit. The post suggests it's not what they want.
- bornfreddy 2y agoAlso, as a dev myself, I will investigate it and if I like it and use it, I will implement any missing interfaces, so the author will benefit too. I would never do that for a closed source app. If it used fair source license - maybe, depends on the conditions (should allow unrestricted use, but can limit commercial activities... but that's just my line in the sand).