I think it's more about miscommunication than money.
These licenses are just donations, so the announcement should be framed around supporting Immich voluntarily. Instead, they give 4 paragraphs of corporate speak and 2 license tiers, which signals the complete opposite of voluntary support.
There will always be stingy users who complain about paying for indie software. But this announcement confused even the supporters who were happy to donate to Immich in the past.
I wonder how much of this weird monetization is caused by the FUTO acquisition. And I doubt they'll reach their funding goals from individual payments anyways. I think the main money in open-source comes from corporate sponsorships and involvement, right? And didn't the core Immich team join FUTO in order to receive full-time salaries?
These licenses are just donations, so the announcement should be framed around supporting Immich voluntarily. Instead, they give 4 paragraphs of corporate speak and 2 license tiers, which signals the complete opposite of voluntary support.
There will always be stingy users who complain about paying for indie software. But this announcement confused even the supporters who were happy to donate to Immich in the past.
I wonder how much of this weird monetization is caused by the FUTO acquisition. And I doubt they'll reach their funding goals from individual payments anyways. I think the main money in open-source comes from corporate sponsorships and involvement, right? And didn't the core Immich team join FUTO in order to receive full-time salaries?
Just a really confusing situation for users.