Any idea what kind of revenue this potentially brings in, assuming this is the rationale begins this decision? In contrast to tarnishing the Filezilla name (albeit this could mostly be controversial in the hn crowd)
Around $0.01 per active user per year from open source donations. Many factors: depends on the type of open source (infra vs user-facing) and the technical ability and geographic location of your users.
PPI malware seems to go for around $0.40/install [0]
PPI malware seems to go for around $0.40/install [0]
[0] https://medium.com/csis-techblog/installcapital-when-adware-...