I'm SUPER excited to announce the launch of Rad Reader! 🤩
A calm tool (OSX, Linux & Windows; 6MB & Electron-free!) for reading and following RSS feeds. I've been working on this for the past months during spare time and it's my first journey in making something polished enough to sell!
To celebrate its launch the price is reduced to 4.95 USD (34% off) for the rest of the week! If that feels like a lot, please try the free demo!!
Boosts very much appreciated!
On the philosophical side of things: with the release of Rad Reader I'm trying out a new model of sustainable software production.
This tool has had a lot of thought, time, and care put into it, I would like to continue doing so with this + other projects. Crafting tools is made possible by the food I eat and the shelter I habitate, and I can't pay for either of those with Github stars or toot likes.
So the model I'm trying out with Rad Reader is this:
1. Release the software with a paid price
2. Common the software and its source code once a number of sales has been reached, converting it into free software in perpetuity from that moment on
I don't know how/if it will work out, but I *am* excited to explore new models of making ends meet while also making new software happen :)
@cblgh this is a cool model, I’ve contemplated something similar where the product page shows the number of hours put into the work along with the lifetime revenue, and then some little stats like the effective wage per-hour and average price paid (if using a name-your-price scheme). it’s interesting to sort of set a wage target to unlock “free software mode”, and might also encourage people to chip in a bit more to get to that point.
congrats and good luck!
@jakintosh thank you! glad to hear the model resonates with you, i know we're kind of in the same spot trying to figure these things out :)
something that reminds me of what you are talking about is done with manyverse on their financial transparency page, check it out https://www.manyver.se/donate
Alexander Cobleigh
jak