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Open source beyond the market
Thoughts on Omnivore shutting down:
Many people enjoyed Omnivore because it was free, but being free was part of its demise.
As an independent app maker, you must have a way to generate revenue or your product will die. As a user you must demand a way to pay makers for the products you love.... See more
kepanox.com
A number of monetisation models for open-source work have been put forward in the last decade, but none of them has been able to scale and solve the problem in a fundamental way. The reason being, open-source work is a microeconomic singularity — a paradox in capitalism that can’t be corrected with donations, cryptocurrencies, or freemium models. I... See more