RE: Developing apps is expensive | Desarrollar aplicaciones es costoso

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Developing apps is expensive | Desarrollar aplicaciones es costoso

in blurt •  3 years ago 

This issue is more complex than it seems initially, but if we want the frontends to make progress we need funding to be able to pay for the work of the developers. At the beginning I thought it would be a good idea to have the percentage as something optional that could be placed within the options of the window where the writing is done, but given what practicalthought explained it would be detrimental to the $blurt in the long term.

Another idea that at the time I think was already touched is the possibility of incorporating Google advertising in the frontend for self-financing and many people were against it, but realistically it is a considerable source of income that does not affect the pockets of those who make life within the platform. Because let's face it, donations are not something that can guarantee a constant inflow of income.

Discarding the two previous ideas and complementing what practicalthought said, what comes to my mind is to use a recurring donation page, which would make the process more transparent and would be a commitment to a monthly contribution. The idea would be to copy the Development Fund system used by Blender, although it might be more work for the developer to set up such a visual system, but it makes the donations more social. It is also possible to use already established platforms such as Liberapay, which is open source and does not take a percentage of what is received.

Development Fund: https://fund.blender.org/


Este tema es más complejo de lo que parece inicialmente, pero si queremos que los frontends tengan avances se necesita financiación para poder costear el trabajo de los desarrolladores. Yo en un inicio pensaba que sería buena idea lo del porcentaje como algo opcional que se pudiera colocar dentro de las opciones de la ventana donde se realiza el escrito pero visto lo que explico practicalthought sería perjudicial para el $blurt a largo plazo.

Otra idea que en su momento creo que ya se toco es la posibilidad de incorporar publicidad de Google en el frontend para autofinanciarse y muchas personas estuvieron en contra de ello, pero siendo realista es una fuente de ingreso considerable que no afecta los bolsillos de los que hacemos vida dentro de la plataforma. Porque seamos sinceros, las donaciones no es algo que pueda garantizar una entrada constante de ingresos.

Descartando las dos ideas anteriores y complementando lo dicho por practicalthought lo que se me ocurre es utilizar una página de donaciones recurrentes, lo que haría que el proceso fuera más transparente y fuera un compromiso para un aporte mensual. La idea sería copiar el sistema del Development Fund que usa Blender, aunque quizá esto sea más trabajo para el desarrollador montar un sistema así de visual, pero hace que las donaciones sean algo más social. Pudiendo también utilizar plataformas ya instauradas como Liberapay que es open source y no quita porcentaje por lo recibido.

Development Fund: https://fund.blender.org/



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