• Danny M@lemmy.escapebigtech.info
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    10 months ago

    I’m not a boost user, but why does boost have ads exactly? Why don’t you just ask users to buy a license a la grayjay? Make it 0.99 or less. This has a few advantages:

    • You’ll make more per user than you ever will with ads
    • Users won’t be tracked endlessly
    • It’s good PR for the app

    Also quick question, where is the source code for Boost? I can’t seem to find it

      • Danny M@lemmy.escapebigtech.info
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        10 months ago

        I don’t think Boost is open source

        oh, so that’s why it has ads, they don’t care about their users… alright… I’m not interested in this conversation anymore

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          10 months ago

          This is a bad mindset. Even though FOSS software is a good thing, but there is nothing wrong to make money from their hard work, you cannot and should not force developers to work for free if they don’t want to.

          If you want free software then there are FOSS alternative options out there and nobody forces you to use Boost.