Not hating on open source, just let people use what fits their expectations and needs and stop deterring them with gatekeeping :P
UX = user experience
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FOSS is great but also developers' gotta eat
Amen. And he got screwed from the Reddit api fiasco. If i remember correctly he was on the hook for as much as $250k in refunds because he's had to shut the app down and refund subscribers.
The guy has to make a living, so I don't begrudge him that one bit.
How fucking bad does your math need to be to not realize that 250k in refunds for a 6 month period where the app is unusable equals 250k in revenue for the first 6 months of the year? All y'all are like "dev needs to eat, he deserves our support!" and the guy's pulling down over 500k/year.
That was Apollo, not Sync.
I'm pretty sure he already made millions from the app.
So he should start working for free? Or just retire and not create an app that many people enjoy?
That's our bar here? That someone who has put in years and years of hard Dev effort, every day, built up a community, took risks, etc, should just be happy he has food on the table?
Fuck that noise. I don't care if he's already s multi millionaire, he can charge whatever he wants, and we can choose to pay it or not. The man is running a business model here. He's not done weekend warrior FOSS hacker. He deserves to be paid for his efforts.
It's hilarious seeing people posting this drivel on Lemmy, where the devs are the "weekend warrior FOSS hackers" you proudly belittle.
The Lemmy devs accept donations in lieu of being greedy cunts. If you find it impossible to comprehend how that's morally superior, you are the problem and should go back to Reddit.
People can spend money on both, you know. There's no hard rule that they have to be mutually exclusive.
Neither. I didn't say anything. But since you challenge me to say something, I'd say since he's very likely financially very secure, he could look for ways to monetize that do not mine user data.
Oh, well as long as you're "pretty sure".
The top comment said that he's "gotta eat", the other one said he got "screwed over by the API fiasco". I'm not saying at all that he shouldn't charge for his app, I'm not even saying he should change anything. I just don't think it makes sense to act like he's some poor starving guy. He's a relatively rich businessman doing (very good) business.
All of course based on you being pretty sure he's "made millions" from the app.
It's funny how NONE of these comments saying that the dev earned millions have a legitimate source. It's always just "pretty sure", "I assumed", "I figured" etc.
I wish we would all stop making things up and trying to use those same things as proof. Lol