I mean based on their podcast it sounds like Linus’ friend/employee (seems like the line here is pretty blurry) and some remote dev who was originally just a fan criticizing their proposed infrastructure work on it full time and that’s about it, so it’s probably not as expensive overhead as you might assume.

On Friday, Luke said he had ~20 people reporting to him. I believe a few are on the Labs side, but most of them are Floatplane employees. They also maintain LTT Store and build out other projects, so they may not be solely dedicated to Floatplane, but it's a much bigger operation than you suggest.

Ah okay I guess you’re more informed than I am. Thanks for the info!

They have been putting extended cuts and behind the scenes videos on there so I would guess that would drive some subs. It looks like they have a couple dozen creators on there. I would guess it pays for itself if nothing else.