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by toast0 1424 days ago
Regardless of your plans to eventually be free, don't release as free and then switch to a pay model; it'll generate a lot of strife. Figure out an angle where you say it's paid, but just don't charge people at the moment. This seems to work well for WinRAR, and worked well for WhatsApp (for a long time it was $1/year, and there was no way to pay, then there was payment, but no enforcement, then enforcement in some countries but not most, then FB bought us and made it free everywhere)