{"ancestors":[],"descendants":[{"id":"111882129062541127","created_at":"2024-02-06T02:16:46.000Z","in_reply_to_id":"111882097846961557","in_reply_to_account_id":"111243333718206142","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"unlisted","language":"en","uri":"https://indieweb.social/users/jeff/statuses/111882129008555721","url":"https://indieweb.social/@jeff/111882129008555721","replies_count":2,"reblogs_count":1,"favourites_count":0,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eboris\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://fosstodon.org/@chuqvr\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003echuqvr\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://mastodon.social/@andrewabernathy\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eandrewabernathy\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e It’s not perfect, but profit motive is a pretty good way to align incentives. Consistent revenue is how you hire (for example) professional UX designers to make software usable.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSubscriptions are as good a way to do that as any, though I personally prefer the model wherein software simply stops receiving updates if payment ends rather than being cut off. This seems like a near-perfect alignment of incentives.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"account":{"id":"111546513416576273","username":"jeff","acct":"jeff@indieweb.social","display_name":"Jeff C. 🇺🇦🇬🇱","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":true,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eBurnt to the core, but not broken…\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eiOS developer. Views expressed are mine alone.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/fedi22\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003efedi22\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Technology\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eTechnology\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Developer\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eDeveloper\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Apple\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eApple\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/iOS\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eiOS\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Swift\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eSwift\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://indieweb.social/@jeff","uri":"https://indieweb.social/users/jeff","avatar":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/avatars/111/546/513/416/576/273/original/3b6a35c31bb472c3.png","avatar_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/avatars/111/546/513/416/576/273/original/3b6a35c31bb472c3.png","header":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/headers/111/546/513/416/576/273/original/43783bf38ed8bece.jpg","header_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/headers/111/546/513/416/576/273/original/43783bf38ed8bece.jpg","followers_count":962,"following_count":649,"statuses_count":13751,"last_status_at":"2026-04-17","hide_collections":false,"emojis":[],"fields":[{"name":"Location","value":"Los Angeles, CA","verified_at":null}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[{"id":"111243333718206142","username":"boris","url":"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris","acct":"boris"},{"id":"111421106471364431","username":"andrewabernathy","url":"https://mastodon.social/@andrewabernathy","acct":"andrewabernathy@mastodon.social"}],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}},{"id":"111882132749466437","created_at":"2024-02-06T02:17:42.000Z","in_reply_to_id":"111882129062541127","in_reply_to_account_id":"111243333718206142","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"unlisted","language":"en","uri":"https://indieweb.social/users/jeff/statuses/111882132692376274","url":"https://indieweb.social/@jeff/111882132692376274","replies_count":1,"reblogs_count":1,"favourites_count":0,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eboris\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://fosstodon.org/@chuqvr\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003echuqvr\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://mastodon.social/@andrewabernathy\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eandrewabernathy\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e Publishers get consistent and predictable income — and have an incentive to continue investing in improvements to earn ongoing renewals.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsers get software that is maintained and improved over time.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s a win/win scenario, IMHO.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"account":{"id":"111546513416576273","username":"jeff","acct":"jeff@indieweb.social","display_name":"Jeff C. 🇺🇦🇬🇱","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":true,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eBurnt to the core, but not broken…\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eiOS developer. Views expressed are mine alone.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/fedi22\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003efedi22\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Technology\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eTechnology\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Developer\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eDeveloper\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Apple\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eApple\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/iOS\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eiOS\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Swift\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eSwift\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://indieweb.social/@jeff","uri":"https://indieweb.social/users/jeff","avatar":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/avatars/111/546/513/416/576/273/original/3b6a35c31bb472c3.png","avatar_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/avatars/111/546/513/416/576/273/original/3b6a35c31bb472c3.png","header":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/headers/111/546/513/416/576/273/original/43783bf38ed8bece.jpg","header_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/headers/111/546/513/416/576/273/original/43783bf38ed8bece.jpg","followers_count":962,"following_count":649,"statuses_count":13751,"last_status_at":"2026-04-17","hide_collections":false,"emojis":[],"fields":[{"name":"Location","value":"Los Angeles, CA","verified_at":null}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[{"id":"111243333718206142","username":"boris","url":"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris","acct":"boris"},{"id":"111421106471364431","username":"andrewabernathy","url":"https://mastodon.social/@andrewabernathy","acct":"andrewabernathy@mastodon.social"}],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}},{"id":"111882141727248156","created_at":"2024-02-06T02:20:00.479Z","in_reply_to_id":"111882132749466437","in_reply_to_account_id":"111546513416576273","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"unlisted","language":"en","uri":"https://toolsforthought.social/users/boris/statuses/111882141727248156","url":"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris/111882141727248156","replies_count":0,"reblogs_count":1,"favourites_count":0,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://indieweb.social/@jeff\" class=\"u-url mention\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003ejeff\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e @chuqvr@fosstodon.org \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://mastodon.social/@andrewabernathy\" class=\"u-url mention\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eandrewabernathy\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e I agree.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow replace “private company” with “member owned co-op”. Even better aligned incentives!\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"Ivory for iOS","website":"https://tapbots.com/"},"account":{"id":"111243333718206142","username":"boris","acct":"boris","display_name":"Boris Mann","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":null,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2023-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eWeb tinkerer. Building my \u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/tags/SecondBrain\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eSecondBrain\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e on the web for 20+ years, from blogging to wikis to TFTs and beyond.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeliever in \u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/tags/OpenSource\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eOpenSource\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/tags/DWeb\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eDWeb\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e Commons Networks\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/tags/TiddlyWiki\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eTiddlyWiki\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e for my FoodWiki \u003ca href=\"https://foodwiki.bmann.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003efoodwiki.bmann.ca\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/tags/Obsidian\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eObsidian\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e for editing my main site running \u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/tags/Jekyll\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eJekyll\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://bmannconsulting.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ebmannconsulting.com\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBridged Bluesky account \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca 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\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis sounds more than a little like \u003ca href=\"https://rebble.io\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003erebble.io\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e - devs and enthusiasts who work together to maintain and improve the \u003ca href=\"https://mstdn.ca/tags/Pebble\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003ePebble\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e watch after the original online services shut down.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"account":{"id":"111366354276837202","username":"amgine","acct":"amgine@mstdn.ca","display_name":"Amgine","locked":true,"bot":false,"discoverable":false,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-11-12T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eJust another word satirist\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca 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