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dulcet · 97w
my two sats: sell merch, paid features, books or guides, paid 1-1 consultancy. don't make a donations button. donations are not a sustainable business model. also donations don't offer anything tangi...
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working on maintaining and supporting the best money mankind has ever come across is a full time job. or at least it should be. we should demand that

building a business or income to sustain you and your family is also a full time job. why don’t you do your full time job for no pay and afford your life with a side gig consultant business?

it sounds nicer than it is in reality. i could be wrong, i get my info from developers. i ask them. but that’s why i said what i said. if people disagree that’s fine, just never fund devs. i’d highly question that but im not gonna try and force you to do something you want wanna do
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DRE · 97w
A job that doesn’t pay is a hobby. It’s still work, but it’s not a job. Why don’t bitcoin companies hire developers to develop the software they completely rely on? That makes way more sense than guilting and shaming people into donating to devs. Not saying that you do that, but many people...
dulcet · 97w
fair points. still i invite you to study Blender's funding model. it's the best success story i can think of. they started out as just an open-source project that volunteers contributed code to. then they produced open movies, books, merch to support development. also offered paid consultancy, unti...