I’ll tick off people by saying the community is in part to blame. Any in-app efforts to monetize are shamed by open source users.
In app monetization campaigns are very effective. Wikipedia pulls > $170m in revenue annually and a big share comes from in-app contribution campaigns.
Let these app developers fund their projects. Companies are already donating dev time. Expecting commercial customers to donate out of “goodwill” will not work.
I’ll tick off people by saying the community is in part to blame. Any in-app efforts to monetize are shamed by open source users.
In app monetization campaigns are very effective. Wikipedia pulls > $170m in revenue annually and a big share comes from in-app contribution campaigns.
Let these app developers fund their projects. Companies are already donating dev time. Expecting commercial customers to donate out of “goodwill” will not work.