[ezekg]

I’d imagine that the number of users that actually donate is incredibly low (just look at OSS). So you’d need 5,000 * 100-n active users, where n is the percentage of your user base that would feel compelled to give you money out of the kindness of their heart. Likely unsustainable.

My advice: if you’re starting a business, treat it like a business and charge for whatever it is.

[victor_e]

Yeah that was my thinking too. I was just checking to see if there were any obvious success stories that I was missing.