[duxup]

Would it be ... profitable?

One of the issues with modern apps is users don't want to pay, so right away you have an issue where you end up tied to advertising dollars and things go down hill from there.

Granted I'm with you, I think the same thing about a lot of apps / classes of apps.

[bravesoul2]

And open source can't save this because you need money for operations such as dealing with spam, fraud, scams and other criminal activity.