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The demand of users is infinite, even if they don't pay, in fact the less they pay the more demanding they may be. You know when users gang up on Freemium comp
by TZubiri 7mo ago
The demand of users is infinite, even if they don't pay, in fact the less they pay the more demanding they may be.
You know when users gang up on Freemium companies that monetize with ads? Acting like ads are the evil of the world, it's just because they want free stuff and don't want to 'pay' with ads.
This is an even more extreme example, they want free stuff and they become entitled to it, it's very common in Open Source, there's this very famous GitHub issue that goes something like "I don't want source code, give me an executable don't bother me with linux stuff..."
User demands are infinite, the more you provide, the more they will complain to you, because you are the ones that solve issues.
- aucisson_masque 7mo agoIf you see it that way, I think that you shouldn't be involved in any open source project and instead let others do it. There are plenty of people that want to contribute in a open source project not because of the users but simply for their own need or because they believe in the project.
- TZubiri 7mo agoThere's certainly a category of software where contributing to is fun and motivating, like music software. But there's a category of software that's not fun to build and that users need. Excel clone falls into the latter. It's easier to pay for that work than to pretend that the work itself is the payment.