Comment by aatd86 10 hours ago Yeah but people don't want to pay for software so all open source is basically subsidized. 5 comments aatd86 Reply Raed667 9 hours ago +200 people/orgs are listed as vite github sponsors applfanboysbgon 8 hours ago 200 people out of how many hundreds of thousands of users? Are they giving an average $5 a month, for a grand total of $12000 a year? Maybe a little bit more? throw10920 9 hours ago How many FTEs does that pay for? notnullorvoid 9 hours ago If you look at it broadly nearly all software is subsidized by open source, so it's a smart choice to send some subsidies back to open source. thierrydamiba 9 hours ago People will pay out of the nose for software if they find it useful enough.
Raed667 9 hours ago +200 people/orgs are listed as vite github sponsors applfanboysbgon 8 hours ago 200 people out of how many hundreds of thousands of users? Are they giving an average $5 a month, for a grand total of $12000 a year? Maybe a little bit more? throw10920 9 hours ago How many FTEs does that pay for?
applfanboysbgon 8 hours ago 200 people out of how many hundreds of thousands of users? Are they giving an average $5 a month, for a grand total of $12000 a year? Maybe a little bit more?
notnullorvoid 9 hours ago If you look at it broadly nearly all software is subsidized by open source, so it's a smart choice to send some subsidies back to open source.
thierrydamiba 9 hours ago People will pay out of the nose for software if they find it useful enough.
+200 people/orgs are listed as vite github sponsors
200 people out of how many hundreds of thousands of users? Are they giving an average $5 a month, for a grand total of $12000 a year? Maybe a little bit more?
How many FTEs does that pay for?
If you look at it broadly nearly all software is subsidized by open source, so it's a smart choice to send some subsidies back to open source.
People will pay out of the nose for software if they find it useful enough.