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It's true for things other than developer tools. I built a free utility that became popular and people started asking for more features. I spent several months
by leros 1y ago
It's true for things other than developer tools. I built a free utility that became popular and people started asking for more features. I spent several months working full-time on building out improvement and put 10% of the new features behind a paywall. I took nothing away and made 90% of the new features free too. The stuff I put behind a paywall is stuff I thought would only apply to professional business users. Just the fact that I had paid features made people upset. I got a ton of angry emails asking why the tool was no longer free. I also used to make some money via donations through BuyMeACoffee and those nearly completely stopped.
- sudodevnull 1y agoSorry to hear that man. It does really sour the ideas of the MIT license especially. It's a social problem and won't be solved by tech. My response now is a pretty hard line, cool... then fork it. Anything softer doesn't matter cause if they really cared they'd already be actively helping.
- mauvehaus 1y agoIf I throw code up on GitHub, I try to be real clear that if it's good enough for me, it's done as far as I'm concerned[0]. I'm also licensed under WTFPL. I figure if that scares off any commercial interests, so much the better. You're probably a lot more fully baked than I am, so this path may not work for you. [0] https://github.com/longwalkwoodworking/angle-dangler#what-if-theres-a-bug https://github.com/longwalkwoodworking/angle-dangler#what-if...