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[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Don’t Abuse the People We expect FUTO companies to have an honest relationship with their customers. Ideally revenue comes from customers paying directly for the services provided by company.

https://futo.org/what-does-futo-believe/

Good for the Immich guys, but I fear incoming enshittification or a subscription model.

[–] traches@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Your quoted paragraph is the only sane alternative to the ad supported internet. Think Fastmail vs gmail - both are run for a profit, but fastmail’s business model is to simply sell subscriptions. Their incentives are better aligned with the consumer, and while nobody’s going to become a billionaire off the company I have to imagine that they have a very reliable customer base.

Good software should be paid for, devs gotta eat

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don't mind if they are going to charge for it. But since it is selfhosted I hope a fixed price option with maybe still getting some important updates is on the table. If this goes subscription I am out.

[–] traches@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That’s fair, but I’ll point out that eating is sort of a subscription model.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah, but I am not paying for their food, I am paying for the software that I selfhost on my system. With that analogy you can justify subscription for everything in life, since in the end, people gotta eat.

[–] flork@lemy.lol 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It is a bit weird. They're doing the Winrar business model of "pay if you want to, but don't have to". I don't get how such a niche product can support multiple salaries.

[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 2 points 6 months ago

Scale. Look at a programming language like Zig … tiny, but managing to have three people full time.