← Back to context Comment by aatd86 13 hours ago Yeah but people don't want to pay for software so all open source is basically subsidized. 5 comments aatd86 Reply Raed667 13 hours ago +200 people/orgs are listed as vite github sponsors applfanboysbgon 12 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 12 hours ago How many FTEs does that pay for? notnullorvoid 13 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 13 hours ago People will pay out of the nose for software if they find it useful enough.
Raed667 13 hours ago +200 people/orgs are listed as vite github sponsors applfanboysbgon 12 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 12 hours ago How many FTEs does that pay for?
applfanboysbgon 12 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 13 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 13 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.