We need better standard economic models for "free" software. Paying the creator of SumatraPDF a grand total of $100/month for his efforts is two orders of magnitude away from acceptable given how many people use it every day.https://twitter.com/msinilo/status/1419831948571197441 …
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Replying to @cmuratori
A lot of this is just friction. If you could just push a button at the top of the program to pay $5 to unlock half the features, and this frictionlessly got paid kind of how things work on phones, lots of people would do it.
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Replying to @Jonathan_Blow @cmuratori
It would be interesting to see if more people would pay also if the funds we're collected by another party on behalf of the person. Like starting a gofundme for someone wronged vs starting it for yourself. Maybe relieves the greed question.
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Replying to @fabricatedmath @cmuratori
No serious person thinks there is a greed question. Being compensated for hard work is not greed, it is fairness.
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Replying to @Jonathan_Blow @cmuratori
Yeah, what it is, but probably not how its percieved by the masses. I'd bet asking for money vs asking for money for others has a very different outcome and vibe.
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Replying to @fabricatedmath @cmuratori
The masses understand compensating people for hard work. You are talking about a small minority of internet whiners who will be unhappy no matter what anyone does.
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Replying to @Jonathan_Blow @cmuratori
Yeah maybe youre right, having shipped a few games, dealing with steam as a low effort purchase vs piracy
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Replying to @fabricatedmath @Jonathan_Blow
Gabe Newell always said, "Piracy is a service problem." Seems like he was right, generally speaking...
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Replying to @cmuratori @fabricatedmath
The #1 thing that open source people should be working on is that problem. Then maybe they can afford to clean up the rest of the mess.
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Maybe instead of FOSS it can be POSS?
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