Aren't they making that money from advertising to people who aren't software developers and so are less likely to block ads?
I have seen that once or twice. But $100 doesn't cover the (opportunity) cost of fixing a medium-difficulty bug.
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Yeah, that makes sense. :-(
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If they said "Here's a feature, it costs $2,000, here's how you pool the money for it," that sounds better to me.
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Isn't it better for open-source projects to just get donations by Paypal? Better than Patreon taking a cut of the donation.
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Most of the software engineers I know just want to write code, not run a business. Doing that is running a business.
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I don't see any evidence that begging people for $ is less work than selling useful software/service to businesses.
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I don't want to pay somebody $100 for a day of work, because it encourages unsustainability.
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