AFAICT, that person is running a SaaS business, hosting third-party software (Minecraft) for $10/month, at basically zero cost.
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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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Selling software directly doesn't work out well when paying for it is optional...
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FOSS licenses permit commercial use so you need to sell more than just the code, implying more work.
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If it has a FOSS license and the developers only want to work on software, all they have is begging.
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We tried that and it doesn't work well. You have to build a business around the software, not with it.
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