I see your point but unfortunately I don’t think his patreon can cover costs as well as a “premium” version of his app will. You know more about open source than me (obviously) so what would stop someone from taking his code and making a free app with the premium features? Are you against his entire business model, the nature of the code, or both equally?
For the record I am glad to see many good open source apps like Jerboa.
There’s nothing preventing him selling the app or a premium version, while still open sourcing it. Free as in freedom, not as in beer. Open source makes no demands or says anything about how you choose to monetize.
Someone releasing a fork nowadays seems even more difficult than downloading an unlocked apk anyway. If they want your app for free, they’ll get it.
Your last point really does seal it actually. If people want it you can’t prevent them from finding a way. But in this specific case I’ll still support it since I’m sympathetic to how he was betrayed by a corporation.
I see your point but unfortunately I don’t think his patreon can cover costs as well as a “premium” version of his app will. You know more about open source than me (obviously) so what would stop someone from taking his code and making a free app with the premium features? Are you against his entire business model, the nature of the code, or both equally?
For the record I am glad to see many good open source apps like Jerboa.
There’s nothing preventing him selling the app or a premium version, while still open sourcing it. Free as in freedom, not as in beer. Open source makes no demands or says anything about how you choose to monetize.
Someone releasing a fork nowadays seems even more difficult than downloading an unlocked apk anyway. If they want your app for free, they’ll get it.
Your last point really does seal it actually. If people want it you can’t prevent them from finding a way. But in this specific case I’ll still support it since I’m sympathetic to how he was betrayed by a corporation.