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Interesting question. I'd say there's several benefits that I see, and I'm not sure of their relative priorities. - Be able to develop in the open. Every problem I have (like for S…

> If you're trying to make a living from the app (I don't think the post is too clear), Agreed, I was ambiguous on this point. It would be nice to make a living from it (of course!…

Yes, I've considered asking them how developers make any money with their system. They collect $9.99/month (or less), and you get a fraction of that. There's 200+ apps. Their webpa…

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I've never seen ads in desktop software, and I don't want to go that route. I was thinking more like Vue.js (as mentioned elsewhere here), where companies co…

Any time I read about a developer saying that a service would be "trivial to make", to save the poor user that last 5% in fees, I think of DropBox.

> Even when they do, it's often almost a B2B like relationship. Lots of people are saying something to this effect, like it's a bad thing, but why? I'd be perfectly happy for busin…

I’ve got a paid Mac app that was mildly successful for a time, but trickled off. I’m considering making it free, and creating a Patreon account/blog to talk about technical issues …