[jraph]

That's good news. That'll make me consider using Anubis.

Thanks for fighting the AI bots.

You get some hate for this anime girl image but this paid white label thing is a good idea I think. It's nice we have alternative ways of funding free software that doesn't involve ads and tracking and thank you for choosing this path.

[xena]

There's a solid strategy behind it: give people what they want with a flaw that makes it unviable for corpos. Then sell the cure. I remember being told that monetization model as a joke and figured this would be one way to test it. The horrifying part in my book is that Anubis is a relative success story as far as open source funding goes, and it's barely a third of what a junior level software developer makes. It's maddening.

[jraph]

Interesting. I suppose I need to try this if I ever happen to build something to which it could apply. Thanks for the inspiration.

A third of a junior salary is not much but I guess it could help with at least turning a full time position into part time.

> I remember being told that monetization model as a joke and figured this would be one way to test it

Ah ah. Awesome.

It has happened to me once or twice that I jokingly share an idea, and it gets picked up seriously (in a professional setting). "But it was a joke! Too late. Oh no." - I guess it's not too bad in the end and shouldn't be fighted too hard. I guess I'll just make sure that if the idea is horrible, I don't make the joke if I think people around could seriously pick it up.