> imagine if developers recieved payment everytime a user used and app If software developers were compensated for their creative output the way musicians are

> imagine if developers recieved payment everytime a user used and app If software developers were compensated for their creative output the way musicians are there wouldn't be so many software developers. I had a really innovative startup idea once where I planned to have developers work for years to create hit software products that made many people's life better and then get into a crappy van and travel the country to do 90 minute demos of their product for a few hundred dollars. But only if they had a genuinely successful product mind you, obviously being merely competent at software development meant you didn't get paid at all, you had to actually amass significant numbers of fans of your products willing to come to these demos. Never did figure out why I didn't get more developers interested in the platform.