Comment on Immich v1.109.1 released with optional paid license
cron@feddit.org 4 months ago
For me, the license stuff is odd. They offer a license model with two tiers (user / server), yet the license seems to do nothing. Also, it is a one time payment which will likely not be substantial in the future.
Why not create a “supporter” tier for maybe $2 per month or so, this would bring some recurring income without the fears of paywalling the product.
This is basically the doing of the futo non profit, they ate testing out if open source software can be profittable.
Louis Rossmann has a lot of videos about them (he works for them)
From what I get, you can just use it for free, but they don’t say it is free to compell more people to buy it.
So basically WinRAR
They have always planned to havd continual revenue by offering their own hosting services similar to paid google photos after Immich goes stable. This is just another odd way of doing donations that Futo uses for stuff like Greyjay.
They completely miss the point of free software. The idea is that you can fork it after a hostel take over. The irony is that if they start forcing anti features they might end up with the community jumping ship.
That would make sense. They could even give you a badge or send you merch if you are a bigger supporter.
Stuff like this is why I can’t support FUTO
aksdb@lemmy.world 4 months ago
They already accept donations as a means of continuous support. So I guess this is now just another channel for people who prefer buying a license over using github donations.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 3 months ago
FUTO’s goal is to change FOSS culture. Away from “donations” and towards “payment”, to make development sustainable.
voklen@programming.dev 3 months ago
The only problem is that there’s no way to make a recurring payment even if I wanted to, which would be more sustainable than one-time purchases.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 3 months ago
Then don’t 🤷 you don’t have to.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
I think they have succeeded in pissing people off
helenslunch@feddit.nl 3 months ago
Change usually does.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
How dare you pay continued support. You will have a one time fee and be happy
vividspecter@lemm.ee 3 months ago
They’ll supply a giant paper manual, and you’ll have to look through it to find the key. DRM, 1980s style.