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Re:Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions t... by zaroth on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @05:49PM (#20045928)
It saddens me that Pi-Hole is pulling a mere $1,700/mo on Patreon.

There must be just way too much friction for a user to say, yeah, charge me $1/mo please.

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Re:Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions t... by tty2300 on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @05:57PM (#20045991)
That's a pretty good amount to be making. Should easily pay for the time spent maintaining the project.
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Re:Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions t... by zaroth on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @06:48PM (#20046470)
I’m not sure if this is sarcasm?

No, $24k gross per year does not even begin to cover the amount of work put in to create and maintain software at the level of Pi-Hole. Not even remotely close. Not even 1/10th.

Pi-Hole should be making $1m ARR at least. 53 releases (going back to 2015), 2,765 issues on Github, multiple devs, supporting multiple platforms, extensive documentation, and on and on.

$24k/yr, come on...

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Re:Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions t... by tty2300 on Thursday May 30, 2019 @05:39AM (#20049650)
The top contributer has 500 commits since 2015. Its clearly a side project so $24,000 per year for a side project is very nice especially if you live somewhere with a good cost of living.
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