Don’t Abuse the People
We expect FUTO companies to have an honest relationship with their customers. Ideally revenue comes from customers paying directly for the services provided by company.
It is a bit weird. They’re doing the Winrar business model of “pay if you want to, but don’t have to”. I don’t get how such a niche product can support multiple salaries.
Your 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.
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Good for the Immich guys, but I fear incoming enshittification or a subscription model.
It is a bit weird. They’re doing the Winrar business model of “pay if you want to, but don’t have to”. I don’t get how such a niche product can support multiple salaries.
Scale. Look at a programming language like Zig … tiny, but managing to have three people full time.
Your 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