> How would you suggest to compensate devs for developing and maintaining such apps? As a developer, I feel more than sufficiently compensated by seeing people

> How would you suggest to compensate devs for developing and maintaining such apps? As a developer, I feel more than sufficiently compensated by seeing people use and enjoy my work and thanking me. Getting featured on Hacker News would make my day; nay, year. I just need to be able to eat and use a computer. I shouldn't have to prove myself valuable just to be allowed to live. I think everybody, regardless of what they do, deserve a livable basic income.