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by harrydehal 2151 days ago
You're being downvoted, but I find myself mostly agreeing with you -- FontAwesome was much more open and accessible in the early years, but have now been monetizing presumably rather successfully after their $1m+ Kickstarter campaign:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/232193852/font-awesome-...

I guess I never really noticed in the corporate world because my old company would just pay the modest price for icon licenses, but on my own, I find myself a bit more weary to purchase a $99/year subscription just to play around with some of their nicer icons with my personal coding projects.

On the other hand, I do appreciate all the free icons they offer and how easy it is to access them!

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The $99/year does cover 5 seats, so it's good value for businesses. But a cheaper plan for individual developers and designers would be appreciated.