I think appreciation is about right. There are many ways to appreciate something of course, but two obvious ones are financially, with a donation button in this case, or with feedback and kind words. Both these things can be used to show the opposite, disdain, using negative comments and insulting donations. I agree that the donation was the trigger in this case, but it’s unlikely that one troll would have shut down the plugin unless there was already a feeling of it not being worth it.

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He mentioned the poor donations a number of times, I don’t think because he Read more ». I can understand him completely. He’s not been doing this for years to get rich, but it would have been nice to get a little appreciation every now and then for the work he’s been doing for the community. What does he get instead? People taking the piss with a 1 cent donation.

When you look at your sites statistics and see how many downloads you have each month, and how many people even bother saying “Thanks” in that time, it really does make you wonder why you bother. Sometimes it really is just one straw that breaks the camels back. Just put it on gumroad or some website similar = no hosting costs.

Make it 10 bucks. If your plugin isn’t even 10 bucks worth, then make it 10 bucks worth first. Then put up a page on patreon for the further development of the plugin, if you receive funds for development, develop, if not, then don’t.

If you are pirated then develop frequently with versions. And call it a day. No need to get emotional.

The market is not a person. It doesn’t care if someone has been mean to you. If you remove it from the market and Read more ».

“If your plugin isn’t even 10 bucks worth, then make it 10 bucks worth first.” The problem you obviously have is not understanding 2 basic things here. 1) this piece of software is objectively worth way more then $10 (or at least was when it got released) 2) the earning was/is not a priority or goal in this case. You’re giving business advice to someone who has enough money to decide that he can share some of his work for free.

Personally I perceive giving anything for free demoralizing, but in general it is emotionally driven act of generosity. So Read more ». I understand him fully, it’s not easy to keep motivation up when developing tools that is released for free.

And especially over that long time as he has done. I too develop both open source and free 3dsmax tools. And I often have to reflect on what I do, and dig deep to find motivation to continue on developing. But that being said – when you develop something for free it’s good to have zero expectations of getting something back for it, it is a tool you develop and choose to give away for free. Forefront tmg 2010 keygen generator download. So I too agree with Read more ».

I don’t think the community should be blamed for this guy taking down his tool. His rant for not making money i believe is his own fault. He shouldn’t have given the tool away for free if he was going to turn around and complain about someone paying him 1 cent for it. He opened that door himself. I think he should have just changed the download to require a minimum payment for just sell the darn thing for 5 bucks as a micro transaction. He has to keep in mind he is sharing a tool with a world that Read more ».