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traches@sh.itjust.works 9 months agoYour quoted paragraph is the only sane alternative to the ad supported internet. Think Fastmail vs gmail - both are run for a profit, but fastmail’s business model is to simply sell subscriptions. Their incentives are better aligned with the consumer, and while nobody’s going to become a billionaire off the company I have to imagine that they have a very reliable customer base.
Good software should be paid for, devs gotta eat
RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
I don’t mind if they are going to charge for it. But since it is selfhosted I hope a fixed price option with maybe still getting some important updates is on the table. If this goes subscription I am out.
traches@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
That’s fair, but I’ll point out that eating is sort of a subscription model.
RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
Yeah, but I am not paying for their food, I am paying for the software that I selfhost on my system. With that analogy you can justify subscription for everything in life, since in the end, people gotta eat.