> Of course, the users probably won't pay and you can't use ads, so there may not be much business here.
No ads? Awesome!
No incentive other than 'build something cool?' Awesome!
No defective by design? Awesome!
Who cares about business? It's a means to an end, nothing more. If we can get the end without the business, the paperwork, the ads, the politics - i say good riddance.
Most software we use is either proprietary and uses ads/licenses/etc to make money. Successful open source software (as in what non-technical people use) seems to be at the core of something that generates revenue (Linux for instance). No ?
No ads? Awesome!
No incentive other than 'build something cool?' Awesome!
No defective by design? Awesome!
Who cares about business? It's a means to an end, nothing more. If we can get the end without the business, the paperwork, the ads, the politics - i say good riddance.