That’s interesting. I think ‘nudging’ users to contribute but leaving the option for free downloads is the way to go, at least initially.

chairman_pretense

Sounds interesting. One thing to check out is the model that Elementary OS uses. In its app store it has a default price for the software (e.g. $5, paid with credit card), but each user can manually lower that to 0 if they don't want to pay.

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Flathub on lightning

Sounds interesting. One thing to check out is the model that Elementary OS uses. In its app store it has a default price for the software (e.g. $5, paid with credit card), but each user can manually lower that to 0 if they don't want to pay. 