> did you think service would remain high quality, free, well supported, and run by tireless, unselfish, unambitious benevolent dictators for the rest of your life
I would run some things I run forever free, if once in a while 1 user would be grateful. In reality that doesn’t happen so I usually end up monetising and then selling it off. People whine about everything and get upset if I don’t answer tickets within a working day etc. Mind you; these are free things with no ads. The thing is; they expect me to fuck them over in the end as everyone does, so it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. Just a single email or chat saying thank you for doing this once in a while would go a long way, but alas; it’s just whining and bug reports and criticism.
I would run some things I run forever free, if once in a while 1 user would be grateful. In reality that doesn’t happen so I usually end up monetising and then selling it off. People whine about everything and get upset if I don’t answer tickets within a working day etc. Mind you; these are free things with no ads. The thing is; they expect me to fuck them over in the end as everyone does, so it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. Just a single email or chat saying thank you for doing this once in a while would go a long way, but alas; it’s just whining and bug reports and criticism.