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
You can lead a Sumatrapdf author to water (friction, etc) but you can't make them drink: "Like I said: don't start open source project with intent to make money.". And good on him. I'm glad he's happy not making much money, having a soul whose price is higher than AdWords.
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Replying to @joshwhitkin
Well I am also glad he is happy, but it is a big problem economically speaking when places like Twitter are paying entire groups of engineers very high salaries to accomplish nothing or almost nothing, but someone who makes a de facto standard PDF reader makes $100/mo.
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I am actually a fan of capitalism as a tool, but it only works when you set up your markets correctly. When you set them up incorrectly, you get our present situation in software :(
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